nikola church and primary school yorzhe dimitrov

navigate by keyword : 1100m 17th 1842 1894 19th administration ancient and architecture assimilation bell blagoevgrad built bulgaria bulgarian calm centuries century church country countryside dimitrov educationalist ethnographic green half hills historical houses kovachevitsa leisure life mountain nature nikola original ottoman pastoral peaceful preserved primary province retro rodopi roofs school season second spirit stone sunshine tourism tower traditions travel tree unique village winter xix xvii yellow yorzhe

St Nikola Church and primary school Yorzhe Dimitrov

Kovachevitsa is Bulgarian village in Blagoevgrad Province. The village is located in Rodopi Mountain on 1100m above the sea level. The village was founded by refugees from different villages, who tried to escape the Ottoman assimilation in the 17th century. The village has never had Ottoman administration, therefore it preserved the Bulgarian traditions. The architecture of the houses is original and unique. Most of them were built in the second half of the 19th century. Yorzhe Dimitrov is Bulgarian educationalist. He has been born in 1842 and died in 1894.