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Centralnorth Bulgaria > Sevlievo > Landmarks
Landmarks in Sevlievo
The Town Museum of History located in the building of the first secular (Hadzhi Stoyanovs) school (in the centre of the town, 6, Petko R. Slaveikov Street, tel.: 0675 4463, 4852), built in 1844, where P. R. Slaveikov was a teacher for a short time. The clock tower (in the centre of the town) built by Bulgarian builder masters (1877-1879) of stone, bricks, mortar and wood. It has an original architectural appearance and is 18 m high.
Saint Prophet Iliya Church (in the centre of the town, 12, Skobelev Street, tel.: 0675 3296), built up in 1834 and having a valuable wood-carved iconostasis. The Holy Trinity Church (in the centre of the town, 12, Sv. Troitsa Street, tel.: 0675 4495) of 1870. The stone bridge over the Rositsa River built by Master Kolyu Ficheto during 1857-1858 and restored after the flood in 1939.
The Monument to Freedom (in the centre of the town) was erected in 1894 and was designed by Otto Horeishi and Arnoldo Zocci (Italian sculptor, author of monuments in Sofia, Rousse, Oriahovo). The pillar of the monument is an original stone column from the Roman town of Nikopolis ad Istrum (beside the village of Nikyup, Turmovo region), and the figure was made in Vienna. The gallows on which the revolutionaries from Sevlievo were hanged in 1876 was in the place of todays monument. Tabahanata (tannery) - restored and open to visitors.
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