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Welcome to guest house “Sava Cupetsa”
web site.
We offer you to spent a pleasant holiday living for some
days far away from the confusion and vanity of the town.
Here you can have a rest in one combination of authentic
Bulgarian national revival atmosphere, modern luxury and
fresh and clean mountain air. Guest house "Sava Cupetsa"
offer you domestic cosy and the atmosphere of the village
life throughout the year.
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The village of Zeravna
is situated on an altitude of 650 m above sea level within
the central part of the Balkan mountains (Stara planina), in
the municipality of Kotel, 6 km from the main road Omurtag –
Petoluchkata. The following transport connections are
available: buses to the towns of Kotel and Sliven; a railway
connection to Sliven, and the international airports of
Varna and Sofia. Distances from Zheravna to: Kotel – 14 km,
Sliven – 50 km, Varna – 200 km, Veliko Tarnovo – 110 km,
Sofia – 330 km.
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The
village of Zheravna is one of the world architectural
monuments. Nowadays, there are about 200 fully preserved
houses, registered as monuments of the national culture,
each of them 150 – 300 year old. During the Renaissance the
village was one of most important cultural centers in
Bulgaria. The Chilendar convent was built here serving as e
refuge for the Chilendar monks and a knowledge and literacy
center at the same time. The second copy of the famous
“Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya” (Slavonic-Bulgarian History)
by
St.
Paisius of Chilendar has been made here. The
village took an active part in the April Uprising from the
year of 1876.
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Many famous Bulgarian public, political
and cultural figures were born and lived in the village of
Zheravna – Rayno Popovich, Vasil D. Stoyanov, Sava Filaretov,
Todor Ikonomov, Yordan Yovkov, and others. The times of
unique flourish from the past have been preserved in the
local museums The Sava Filaretov House, The Yordan Yovkov
House, “St. Nicolaus” Church (Sv. Nykola), the old
Renaissance school – now a gallery, “The Russy Chorbadzhy
House” to name a few. In the Zheravna surroundings one can
visit the town of Kotel with its Natural-history Museum, the
Galatan School (a famous traditional local weaving
technique), The Kyorpeev House, the Kotel Renaissance
Museum. In the immediate proximity one can also find the
village of Medven with the Zachary Stoyanov museum, the
“Blue pond” (Sinya vyr) area, and others. |
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