Zheravna

Zheravna (also Zheravna, Žeravna or Jeravna written, Bulgarian Жеравна ) is a ostbulgarisches village at the foot of the Balkan Mountains in the town of Kotel in District / Oblast Sliven. The old houses are because of their unique architectural conservation area ( architectural reserve ) provided and appointed by the Bulgarian Tourism to number 56 of the 100 national tourist sites in the country.

Location

Zheravna lies at the foot of the Eastern Balkan Mountains, on the border between eastern and middle Balkan Mountains. The village is located 14 km south of Kotel, about 328 km east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia and 120 km west of the Black Sea port city of Burgas in a scenic location amid the surrounding mountains.

History

As coin finds prove the origin of the village dates back to the 2nd and 3rd centuries, when Thracians settled there. Zheravna belonged to both the First Bulgarian Empire and the Second Bulgarian Empire, where it lay at the crossroads of two important trade routes. Are the remains of Orthodox monasteries from the 12th, 13th and 14th century, were destroyed during the Ottoman rule in its immediate vicinity. The village enjoyed during this time a privileged position as "free town ", which explains the preservation of their ethnic and religious homogeneity and the formation of its prosperity. Due to its location at the crossroads of different ways to Zheravna became an important center of early rebirth movement.

Attractions

• The Russian - Tschorbadschiew - house,
• The house of Sawa Filaretov
• The birthplace of Jordan Jowkow,
• The house of Dimo Kechaja
• The house of Todor Ikonomow

Sons and daughters of the town

• Jordan Jowkow, writer
• Ikonomow Todor, Bulgarian politicians
• Vasil Stoyanov, philologist