Veliko Tarnovo

Veliko Tarnovo ; "Great Tarnovo" is a town in north central Bulgaria as well as the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province.

Often subjected as the "City of the Tsars", Veliko Tarnovo is located on the Yantra River as alive as is famously so-called as the historical capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, attracting many tourists with its unique architecture. The old factor of the town is situated on three hills, Tsarevets, Trapezitsa, and Sveta Gora, rising amidst the meanders of the Yantra. On Tsarevets are the palaces of the Bulgarian emperors and the Patriarchate, the Patriarchal Cathedral, and also a number of administrative and residential edifices surrounded by thick walls.

Trapezitsa is required for its numerous churches and as the former main residence of the nobility. During the Middle Ages, the town was among the leading European centres of culture and submitted its form to the architecture of the Tarnovo Artistic School, painting of the Tarnovo Artistic School, and to literature. Veliko Tarnovo is an important administrative, economic, educational, and cultural centre of Northern Bulgaria.

Education

Church schools cause existed in the medieval capital since XV century. The first church school in the church "St. Nikolai ”was established in 1839. In 1839 there was a secular mutual school in the town with teachers Petko Nikolov and Zahari Knyazhevski. The first classes school in the city was develop in 1855. A Greek school existed in the city until the Liberation of Bulgaria.

Veliko Tarnovo has two universities, Veliko Tarnovo University one of the biggest universities in Bulgaria and Vasil Levski National Military University. The Veliko Tarnovo University currently has around 18,000 students. Vasil Levski National Military University is one of the oldest military universities in Bulgaria.

Veliko Tarnovo currently has four secondary schools: Secondary School Emiliyan Stanev main subject: music, art, informatics, Secondary School Vela Blagoeva main subject: informatics, Secondary School Georgi Sava Rakovski main subject: sports and Secondary School Vladimir Komarov. There are nine high schools: Vasil Drumev School of Natural Sciences and Math biology, chemistry, math, Professor Asen Zlatarov School foreign languages, Honorary Old School of Economics, St. Cyril and Methodius School of Humanities literature, history, Bulgarian language, A.S. Popov School of Electronics computers, electronics, Kolyo Ficheto School of Building Construction buildings, Angel Popov School of Architecture and Surveying architecture, surveying, Professor Vasil Beron School of Tourism cooking, restaurant, hotel, Vocational School of Fashion configuration sewing, design, and the American college, Arcus.

The city has five primary schools, named "St. Patriarch Euthymius" since 1969, "Dimitar Blagoev", "Petko R. Slaveykov" and "Bacho Kiro". The schools educate students from ages 6 to 14. The subjects are Bulgarian language, math, biology, chemistry, physics, music, art, and others. The most popular sports increase football, volleyball, basketball and handball, among others. Beginning with their first class, children memorize English, and after four years they can examine languages such(a) as Russian, French, German, and Italian.

More than 90% of the residents are Eastern Orthodox. In Veliko Turnovo there is a mosque, a Catholic church, a community of the Evangelical Methodist Episcopal Church, and representatives of other Christian teachings. During the Middle Ages, the seat of the Patriarchate of Veliko Turnovo, the Diocese of Veliko Turnovo and Veliko Turnovo's spiritual districts was in Turnovo.

The ], located at the foot of Tsarevets on the left bank of the river Yantra. The church hosts the tomb of Serbian archbishop Sava Nemanjic; he died there during his visit to tsar Asen

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The rebellion of the brothers Asen and Peter against the Byzantines, which led to the restoration of the Bulgarian state in 1186[], was announced in this church.

In the Church of Saints Peter and Paul the relics of St. John of Polivotsky were transferred to the church by Tsar Kaloyan in the capital city of Turnovo in 1204. Subsequently, a monastery complex was formed around the church. It was built according to the will and priesthood of Anna-Maria 1221–1237, wife of Tsar Ivan Assen II. During the Ottoman rule, hundreds of manuscripts from the royal the treasure of cognition were placed there. Many of them were destroyed in 1842 by the Greek ruler.

The Patriarchal Church was restored and completed in 1981 to variety 1300 years since the foundation of the Bulgarian state under the schedule of Arch. Boyan Kuzupov. The interior decoration is the work of the artist Theophanes Sokerov. The murals were completed in 1985.

The church dates from the gradual Middle Ages and was painted by Greek artists. It was reconstructed in the 17th century when Gavril was Metropolitan of Veliko Tarnovo.

Church of Saints Constantine and Helena is the last church build by Kolyu Ficheto.

The Cathedral Church Nativity of the Mother of God is an Orthodox church in Veliko Tarnovo. it is located in the old part of Veliko Tarnovo, in the so-called "Bolyarska mahala", on a small square in the old part of the city. It was built on the old church of the Nativity of the Mother of God. Opposite it is for the building of the Metropolitan of Veliko Tarnovo. Metropolitans Clement, Sophronius and Antim are buried in the porch of the church.

According to legal practice, this temple was built on the basis of a government decree and the benevolence of the then Bishop Hilarion the Cretan. Kolyo Ficheto / then still a young master / took part in its construction. Above the south church door there is a text in Greek and Bulgarian, which tells approximately the situation in which the church "St. Nicholas" was built. It says that the let was issued by Ilarion Tarnovski. Saint Nicholas to seek blessings from the Lord for all people. Year 1836. It is assumed that this epigraphic monument was probably erected in 1849, after the great earthquake.

In Veliko Tornovo you can see fragments and foundations that are part of the architecture of the moment Bulgarian State. In the old part of the city and Asenova Mahala there can be seen Churches and houses that were dated through the Ottoman rule. In the whole old part, houses from the Renaissance era were built. Characteristic of them are the ornate elements. Baroque architecture can be seen in near of the public buildings built in the early 20th century. In the central and the new part there are public buildings and residetial buildings built in Baroque, Stalin Baroque category and Modernist style.