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Zheravna Architectural Reserve and Yordan Yovkov House
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National Tourist Site

Zheravna Architectural Reserve and Yordan Yovkov House

A Balkan village of wooden Revival houses and the birthplace of the writer Yordan Yovkov.

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About Zheravna Architectural Reserve and Yordan Yovkov House

Zheravna is a village and architectural reserve in the eastern Balkan Mountains, near Kotel. It has more than 200 wooden houses of the 18th and 19th centuries, with wide eaves and stone walls, along cobbled lanes.

The writer Yordan Yovkov was born here in 1880, and his house is a museum. The village also keeps the Rusi Chorbadzhi House and an icon museum, and hosts a national festival of folk costume each summer.

What to see

  • Architectural reserve
  • Yordan Yovkov House Museum

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  1. 1 Kotel: Rakovski Pantheon, Revival Figures Museum and Natural History Museum National Tourist Site
  2. 2 Zheravna Architectural Reserve and Yordan Yovkov House National Tourist Site
  3. 3 Dimitar Dobrovich Art Gallery, Sliven National Tourist Site
  4. 4 Hadzhi Dimitar House Museum and Textile Industry Museum, Sliven National Tourist Site
  5. 5 Sliven Way of Life Museum and Tuida Fortress National Tourist Site
  6. 6 Karanovo Mound and Nova Zagora History Museum National Tourist Site

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  1. Bulgarian Tourist Union: 100 National Tourist Sites