A Walk Around

Gabrovo The City of

laughter3a classPrimary school „St. St. Cyril

and Methodius”

This is our city seen

from above

The longest city in Bulgaria The longest city in Bulgaria – 25 – 25 kmkm

Near the town is the Near the town is the geographical center of geographical center of

Bulgaria.Bulgaria.

The Roman fortress in The Roman fortress in the area Gradistethe area Gradiste

The planet GabrovoThe planet Gabrovo – – discovered in discovered in 1976 1976 by the Russian astronomer Nikolay by the Russian astronomer Nikolay

ChernihChernih

The carnival in MayThe carnival in May

The Seven Wonders of Gabrovo is a semi jocular list of "sights“

• A monument in the river - the monument of Racho Kovacha (the Smith) built on an island in the Yantra river.

• A ship in the forest - the building of the hospital for lung diseases has the shape of a ship. It was built by Pencho Semov, an industrialist. Gabrovians have named it "the Steam ship".

• A tree on the road - a centennial tree near the monument of Racho Kovacha.

• Stairs to nowhere - stairs among the trees near the House of Culture.

• Planet Gabrovo, (the Asteroid 2206-Gabrovo). • 3 ladies under water – a composition of three naked bathing

women holding a fish in the fountain in front of Hotel Yantra. • The horsemen on the roof of the House of Culture.

Some of these we have drawn, and others – we have seen. Alexandrina Raynova - 10

The monument of Vasil Aprilov In 1835 in Gabrovo was opened the first secular school where the mutual instruction method was applied. Many people had planned that event before but the idea came from Vasil Aprilov and Nikolay Palauzov, Bulgarian traders, born in Gabrovo, who settled in Odessa. Nowadays in the building behind the monument of Aprilov is the Aprilov High School.

Monument of Racho Kovacha (the Smith) in the

riverGabrovo emerged in the Middle Ages near the Balkan mountain passes.

According to a legend the town was founded by Racho Kovacha, but there is no unconditional evidence about it. In the years of the Ottoman rule

Gabrovo was a prominent craft and trade center. 26 crafts developed in Gabrovo – smithery, armoury, cutlery, cart-smithery, pottery, woolen

braiding, furriery, silkworm breeding, and many others.

The Museum of History Here is exhibited the first Bulgarian banknote with a serial № 000001 from 1881, one of the three gold coins of Philip of Macedonia from the third century BC and the best preserved chain armour in Bulgaria from the ninth century.

On the celebration of our school - May 11 – we visited the Museum of Education. The tourist guide told us about the famous persons of the Bulgarian national Revival - Vasil Aprilov, Petar Beron, Paisii Hilendarski, etc. We examined the first textbook, called the "Fish primer” and the first globe. We saw how the classrooms looked like in those times. Pupils used to write in sand boxes with special sticks and nibs. We saw the plates that used to be hung around the necks of the good and of the naughty children. In the courtyard of the museum is the tomb of Vasil Aprilov.

Kaloyan Kolev - 9.5 years

The Museum of Еducation

The Aprilov School

Ran Bosilek is a children’s

writer

Dechkov's House MuseumDechkov's House Museum

Gabrovo is also famous for being the capital of humor and satire, and it is a very interesting city. Here is the only huge black cat with a cut tail in the world. We have an exciting carnival every third Saturday of May. In the park near the theater can be seen a statue of a bear. It was created in 1961.

Victoria Koleva - 9 years

The House of Humour and The House of Humour and SatireSatire

In the autumn we visited the museum Etar. There we went sightseeing through the old houses, shops and workshops. We saw how craftsmen made pipes, earthen jugs, knives, fur caps, rugs, etc. We tasted the sugar roosters and the special bread called "simit“, baked there. We were shown interesting bridges, chairs and tables. We threw small coins in the rivulet for good luck.

The museum was built under the project of Lazar Donkov. Etar was inaugurated officially on September 7, 1964 but was declared a national park 3 years later. Today Etar is a Cultural heritage.

Etar - Architectural ethnographic complex, Gabrovo

Drawings of Gabrovo

PlamenAlexGabi

Vicky Nathlay Stefcho

Drawings of GabrovoGabriela

Melany

Yoanna

Kaloyan

Project Work

Sugar delicacies shaped from plasticine Ready for the carnivalReady for the carnival

Racho Kovacha (the Smith)Racho Kovacha (the Smith)

Practical tasksPractical tasks

A cat from GabrovoA cat from Gabrovo

The Pupils

The world has The world has survived because survived because

it has smyalit has smyal!!

33аа classclassClass teacherClass teacher: : Nina KanevaNina Kaneva

email: nina_c06@abv.bgemail: nina_c06@abv.bg

The site of the class: http://www.vijte-aklas.hit.bg/