Open air
ethnographic museum
"Etar", Gabrovo
The open air ethnographic museum "Etar" was built in the
middle of 20-th century in the vicinity of the town of Gabrovo- an old
industrial center of Bulgaria. It was created to preserve for the coming
generations the outlook and the spirit of the old time Bulgarian mountain
villages and the manufacture traditions of the region.
The museum is
built on the two sides of a small river and all buildings and sites have
their authentic outlook same as they had during the XIX-th century.
The buildings are differentiated in three groups workshops using
simple machines moved by the running water of the river, most of them are
unique and unknown in Europe. The second group of buildings forms the
trade and manufacture street /charshia/.
These are 15 samples of
houses, where on the first floor are situated manufacture workshops and
small shops, on the second floor are situated the museum items.
The
third group of buildings has public functions a clock tower, bridges,
stone water fountain, gravestones.
More info from Wikipedia here...
![The house of Peter Saka](Ethnography_files/etar2.jpg)
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See also:
Old Towns in Bulgaria