Koprivshtitsa
Копривщица
A mountain museum town preserving nearly 400 colorful mansions from the National Revival period. It is the birthplace of the April Uprising of 1876.
Koprivshtitsa lies in the Sredna Gora valley at about 1,000 m elevation. It preserves many wooden mansions from the Bulgarian National Revival period (18th and 19th centuries), with brightly painted exterior walls, deeply overhanging eaves and intricately carved interior ceilings. Several houses, including the Oslekov and Lyutov houses, are open to the public, and you can buy a combined ticket to visit them. The April Uprising of 1876 against Ottoman rule fired its first shots here, and the town has several memorial sites. It is about 110 km from Sofia, a 1.5–2 hour drive. The train station is about 10 km from the town center, so you will need to transfer to a bus.
Opening hours
Former residence museum approx. 09:30–17:30 (some closures on Mondays)
Nearby sights
- Vrana Palace
- Museum of Socialist Art
- National Museum of Military History
- Borisova Gradina
- Kvadrat 500 (National Gallery)
- St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
- Hagia Sophia Church
- Russian Church of St. Nicholas