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Some more important objects of the
municipality's cultural and historical heritage are:
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The Krassen Fortress - situated 5 km southwards of
Panagyurishte - is a military,
administrative, economic and spiritual centre of the Panagyurishte
region in late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (c. 4-14 AD)
A precious find was discovered in the fortress during
archaeological research in 1987 - a medallion-stamp of the
fortress' last ruler Rafail. The stamp is the only known
object which belonged to a Bulgarian noble of that time.
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The Krassen Fortress
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Rafail's medallion-stamp
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Toutevata Kashta. The
house in which the April Uprising was declared on 20 April 1876.
The house is situated in the front part of a small yard,
fenced from the street with a stone wall. It was built in
three stages:
- a wooden dwelling - burnt down;
- a restored and enlarged ground floor;
- a superstructure floor above part of the ground floor - 1875.
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It underwent a capital restoration in 1988 -1991
The exhibition was open on 1 May 1993 and was dedicated to 20
April 1876 - the day on which the April Uprising was declared.
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Doudekovata Kashta.
T he house in which Petar Shtarbanov -a member of the Temporary
revolutionary Government - killed himself in an uneven battle with
the enemy's soldiers to prevent them for catching him alive.
The house was built in
1853-1856 by the symmetrical design of the Plovdiv houses. The
facade with a trapezium fronton above the colonnaded entrance gives
the house an impressive look.
It was restored in the period 1990-1996. The exhibition shows the
household of a wealthy Panagyurishte merchant on the eve of the
April Uprising. There is a memorial corner dedicated to the
Panagyurishte inhabitants killed in the house on 30 April 1876 in
the basement.
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The church "Sveto
Vavedenie Bogorodichno"
was built in 1818 by master builders from Bansko, and the
wood-carvers were from the Debar region (now in the Republic
of Macedonia). It was burnt down during the April Uprising and
was restored in 1878-1880 by master builders from
Bratsigovo and wood-carvers from the town of Strouga (now in
the Republic of Macedonia). Part of the icons in the
iconostasis were painted by Ivan Dospevski. The composition The
Last Supper is a work of the Panagyurishte icon-painter
Ivancho Zografina. The frescoes are by Nikola Obrazopisov. The
church was restored in 1975-1976.
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The church
"Sveto Vavedenie Bogorodchno"
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The church "Sveti
Georgi" (St. George) was built in 1856 ã. t was burnt down during the April Uprising and
was restored in 1878-1880. The new iconostasis was made by
masters from the town of Strouga. the church is considered
as the town's cathedral temple and used to be one of the
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The church "Sveti
Georgi"
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The celebration of the 100th anniversary of the April Uprising
1976 was the culmination of the people's gratitude. The
National Memorial Complex "Apriltsi", a work of
the eminent Bulgarian architects Ivan Nikolov and Bogdan
Tomalevski and the renowned sculptors Sekoul Kroumov,
Velichko Minekov and Dimitar Daskalov, was erected on
the historic hill Manyovo Bardo near the town.
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The composition "The Flying Detachment"
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