 If you should happen to visit this
unusual city whose stone houses seem perched one above the other on the steep bank of the
Yantra river, you will first be taken to see Tsarevets - the place of the patriarchal
church and royal palaces, the hill where Baudouin's Tower still rises, linked with the
legend of the Latin Emperor Baudouin of Flanders who was captured by Tsar Kaloyan.  |
Then you will be shown another hill Trapezitsa - where the foundations of
17 mediaeval churches were discovered. You will marvel and enthuse over the Bulgarian National Revival period architectural ensembles on Gurko Street, the old Nikoli Inn and the St. St. Constantine and Helena Church. The original SAMOVODENE MARKET has been brought , back to life and, as in olden times, skillful craftsmen fashion and sell exquisite objects in the small restored workshops. |
At night, proud Tsarevets lends the natural decor to a fantastic SOUND
AND LIGHT spectacle. |
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