Koprivshtitsa is a small town where the traditional Bulgarian architecture of the National Revival period has been preserved. More than 200 houses of the town are architectural monuments, bright examples of architecture of the XVIII-XIX centuries.
The Pavlikian and Vakarelian houses are wooden, one-storeyed, with two rooms and outbuildings each. These are examples of the most ancient houses of the town. Later houses were built already two-storeyed with a stone plinth. Even later houses are characterised by graceful painted facades, bay windows. Niches, carved ceilings and European furnishings.
Thus, for example, the house of Lyutov, built in 1954, is decorated with frescoes with landscapes of Constantinople, Venice, Cairo. Oslekov's house is adorned with three columns made of Lebanese cedar propping up the first floor.
Every five years, Koprištivice hosts a festival of folklore art - something between a pop music festival and a medieval fair. This three-day festival attracts thousands of tourists.
