Liberation

In 1870 the Bulgarian Church was declared independent from the Greek one. The biggest organized uprising happened in April 1876. The cruelty suppression of the uprising provoked an international response.…

Conclusion

The Bulgarian language regained its significance on the cultural scene of the Balkans. It started with Paisius and it continued with the fight for new Bulgarian schools and the revival…

Kuzman Shapkarev

Kuzman Shapkarev was born in Ohrid in 1834. He wrote the book collection ‘Bulgarian Folklore Proverbs’. It had a number of volumes that portrayed Bulgarian psychology and all of its…

Petar Beron

The most important encyclopedist was Petar Beron. He wrote the Fish Primar. It was called like that because there was a fish on the front page. Or at least, this…

Enlightenment

Bulgarians lost their independence to the Ottomans and joined the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 14th century. At the end of the 18th century, they started to regain…

Neophyte of Rila

Neophyte of Rila is the first teacher in the first Bulgarian school established in 1835 in Gabrovo. He was sent by the founder - Vasil Aprilov, to study the new…

Tombstones

We’ve now reached the Afterlife section. Here you can see some objects that were found in the top part of a necropolis that existed in this region. The objects include…