Monuments in Veliko Tarnovo Dedicated to Personalities and Events from the Age of Bulgarian National Revival – Ideas and Realization (1879–1944)

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Pages: 491-521
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/BVSG3901

Abstract:

In the current article, the authors have presented both the monuments built in connection with the Bulgarian National Revival in Veliko Tarnovo in the period 1879–1944, and the discussed projects about those that remained unrealized. The ideas that appeared and reached a different level of social popularity, as well as their (lack of) realization are assumed in the context of the sociopolitical development of Bulgarian society. The monuments, erected at the end of the 19th and in the first half of the 20th centuries, dedicated to people who had participated in the struggles for national liberation, were recognized as symbolic places where the public of Veliko Tarnovo officially celebrates important events and holidays. Their presence in the social life of Veliko Tarnovo is an expression of deep gratitude to the figures from the Bulgarian Revival Age.

Keywords:

Veliko Tarnovo; Bulgarian Revival; monuments; Velcho’s Conspiracy; rebels from Bacho Kiro’s detachment; Metropolitan Kliment of Tarnovo; Metropolitan Panaret Rashev; Hadji Nikoli Minchoolu; Petko Rachov Slaveykov; Vasil Levski; National Revival Alley

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