Koprivstitsa
The town host of the International Environment Festival “Green Wave – 21st Century” is a magnificent masterpiece of architecture from the period of the Bulgarian National Revival.
The town of Koprivstitsa with its fame for being ecologically clear with unspoiled nature, has the reputation of a host of a number of important cultural festivals and art events. Now the town is also popular with its different forms of cultural and eco tourism. Each year more that 200 000 tourists from all over the world visit the Bulgarian Revival cultural capital of Bulgaria – Koprivstitsa, enjoying the rich cultural and historical heritage and the preserved nature of the beautiful town.
In 1952 Koprivstitsa was proclaimed a museum town in which more than 400 monuments of culture with national significance are preserved and where the old and the new live together in harmony. There is one the most beautiful house museums in Bulgaria dating from the National Revival.
Koprivstitsa is the only municipality in Sofia district which is a town-municipality with a population of about 3 000. The road to the picturesque mountain town in heart of Sredna gora is easy and convenient. The distance to Sofia is 100 km and to the second largest town in the country – Plovdiv is 80 km.
The outskirts of the town are which planted with fir trees, are an attractive spot for plenty of guests, and tourists from all over the world who enjoy relaxing there. The river Topolnitza, the main tributary of river Maritza, divides the town in two parts. There are 5 neighborhoods connected with 6 stone bridges. On the initiative of the local people 50 authentic fountains in style of the Revival were built.
The town is a birth place of the most famous and outstanding leaders of the Bulgarian Cultural Revival, revolutionaries for the national independence, poets and writers: Bogdan Voivoda, Doncho Vatah Voivoda, Ljuben Kravelov, Georgi Benkovski, Todor Kableshkov, Dimcho Debelianov etc. The Department of Museums takes care of the rich heritage and its conservation. In 1930 the first museum exhibition was displayed. Up to this date a fund has been created containing various narrative and written historical sources, photo archive, and a rich library of old printed and scientific literature.
The most important events are the Holiday of the town, celebrated on the 2nd of May with Recreation of the April Revolt, the popular Festival of the Bulgarian Folklore organized in every 5 years and the annual International Environment Festival “Green Wave – 21st Century”.
The town host of the ecological festival is attractive during all seasons and expects its guests during the International Environment Festival “Green Wave – 21st Century”!
