Veliko Ternovo

This is the street our hotel was on.

 

 

 

And this is our hotel. Looks like a peaceful small little town but ....

 

 

In this picture our hotel is just to the right of the yellow house (near the center of the photo).

 

 

This is the view from our hotel balcony - the Monument to the Asen Dynasty. Wow!

 

 

Also in Veliko Ternovo is the Tsarevets Fortress, a medieval stronghold that served as the Second Bulgarian Empire's primary fortress and strongest bulwark from 1185 to 1393. It housed the royal and the patriarchal palaces.

 

 

 

These are two examples of the public art.

 

 

 

Veliko Ternovo has a reputation for handicrafts. This street is lined with crafts people. We visited four of them.

 

 

This woman and her son make pottery decorated in the traditional patterns.

 

 

 

This woman is a woodcarver.

 

 

An icon maker. The gold areas, such as a halo, are typically done in gold leaf.

 

 

 

A weaver.

 

 

And this man is a famous silversmith.

 

 

This is one of his masterpieces.

 

 

 

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