Koprivshtitsa

Koprivshtitsa is one of the most characteristic Bulgarian towns, still preserving the atmosphere of the Bulgarian National Revival period of the 19th century. It lies on the Topolnitsa River among the Sredna Gora mountains.

Kableshkov House 

Kableshkov House belonged to Todor Kableshkov a 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary and one of the leaders of the April Uprising. He was the first to proclaim the April Uprising on 20 April 1876 and is the author of the famous Bloody Letter to the Panagyurishte revolutionary district. After the uprising was suppressed by the Ottoman authorities, Kableshkov fled and was eventually captured near Troyan, imprisoned and tortured. Todor Kableshkov eventually committed suicide in the Gabrovo police office at the age of 25.

Lyutov House 

Lyutov House was built in 1854 for the wealthy citizen of Korprivshtiza Stefan Topalov by Plovdiv master-builders. It has richly painted walls and beautiful wood-curved ceilings. In 1906 the house was sold to the local merchant Petko Lyutov from where its name derives.

The local cemetery - I don't have any background on it but for some reason, quite a few photos!

entrance to the cemetery

view from the cemetery

original gravestone

local church

and the rest of the photos are random ones I took . . .