Captain-Djado-Nikola Square, with its irregular plan, forms one of Bulgaria's finest architectural ensembles in the National Awakening style. The pleasant square features several interesting elements: the old Clock tower, the church of St-Michael-the..

Daskalov House (1808) is hidden by high walls and a garden. The ground floor houses a collection devoted to Trjavna's school of wood carving: furniture, doors, iconostases, sculptures depicting Bulgarian sovereigns. The upper floor recreates the life..

The best way to discover Trjavna is to arrive by the Gabrovo road. As you drive alongside the railway line, you will catch sight of the Clock tower. Turn right (before the bridge) onto a narrow street skirting the river and park the car. The town cen..

Built between 1836 and 1839, the Old School is proud of having counted among its teachers Petko R Slavejkov, one of the founders of secular education in Bulgaria. The building presents various exhibitions (old clocks, school library, carved wood, wor..

The church of St-Michael-the-Archangel, built in 1819, replaced a previous building burnt down in 1798 during a raid perpetrated by kardžali, hordes of Turkish brigands attracted by the opulence of the city. The half-buried edifice features a bulging..

Designed in 1846 by local master builder Dimitar Sergjuv, the Rajkov's lovely house spreads its shaded garden along the river-bank. It was the birthplace of Penco Rajkov and now houses an ethnographic collection.

The cobbled Petko-Slavejkov Street, one of the old town's thoroughfares, is lined with houses in the National Awakening style. Whether grand or unassuming, restored or neglected, most of them have been converted into taverns, art galleries or souveni..

The Icon Museum of Trjavna's school is housed in the former chapel of the sanatorium. Two rooms present the production of the local school of icon painters, whose graceful style borders on mannerism. The room on the right displays 18C and early-19C i..

The Clock Tower is one of the first buildings one catches sight of when arriving in Trjavna.Built in 1814 (with the Turks' permission) on the town's main square, this symbolic tower continues to regulate the city's day, hour after hour.