For Tryavna
The picturesque town of Tryavna is huddled in the northern folds of the Central Stara Planina, along the Tryavna River. Traces of the Thracian and Roman ages can be found in the historical and cultural layers on which the town sprang up. A number of villages and hamlets, inhabited by Bulgarians predominantly, lie around the focal settlement.
Tryavna surprises and charms people with its natural beauty and with the Bulgarian revival spirit, which streams from each house, today changed into museum. The town is preferred by tourists for its clean mountain air and unique Renaissance architecture.
There are many places in Tryavna and in the surrounding vicinity where one can find the unique beauty of the Renaissance period.
Feeling the beauty, with faith towards centuries-old traditions and love towards the Bulgarian Heritage, the Tryavna masters gain popularity in the field of building, woodcarving and icon painting, which they handle to perfection and transform into art. Thus comes into being, develops and flourishes the oldest Renaissance Art school in the Bulgarian land - the Tryavna school.
The old part of the town is an architectural reserve with its 140 monuments of the Revival architecture. Wood-carving and icon-painting brought the unfading glory of Tryavna. The town is well famous for its Art School in Woodcarving and Icon drawing. Other unique places are the Museum of woodcarving and icon-painting in Daskalov's House, St. Archangel Michael Church (1819), the Revival ensemble with the Clock Tower (1814), the old stone fountains and the Arch bridge (1845). In August the city hosts the Summer Holiday of Craftsmanship and Arts.
The Museum of Tryavna icon-painting school exhibits 160 icons created in the period of 17th-19th century, autentic tools and paints that had given birth to the expressive and living images of the Christian saints.
