Place in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Kilifarevo
(
Bulgarian
:
Килифарево
[kili?far?vo]
) is a small town in central northern
Bulgaria
, administratively part of
Veliko Tarnovo Municipality
,
Veliko Tarnovo Province
. Previously a village, it was proclaimed a town in 1973.
History
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Ruins and remains are proof of the presence of civilization in the neighbouring area since the times of the
Thracians
. A fortress which guarded a pass through the
Balkan Mountains
existed nearby during the
Roman Empire
. During the
Second Bulgarian Empire
and more precisely the rule of
Ivan Alexander
(1331?1371), Kilifarevo was a centre of literary activity and the site of
Theodosius of Tarnovo
's school and monastery, founded in 1350, which actively promoted the spiritual practice of
hesychasm
.
[1]
Upon Bulgaria's conquest by the
Ottoman Empire
, the monastery was besieged, captured and razed by the invading Ottomans. It was later reconstructed and still exists today. During the Ottoman rule, Kilifarevo was the birthplace of Velcho Atanasov the Glazier, who organized the
Velchova zavera
(Велчова завера), an unsuccessful uprising against the Ottomans, in 1835.
Kilifarevo has a cultural centre (
chitalishte
), founded in 1884 and called Napredak ("Progress"), and a museum of local history, which occupies an old house. There are two
Eastern Orthodox
churches, St Archangel Michael and Dormition of the Mother of God.
In the wake of the
1923 Bulgarian coup d'etat
, Kilifarevo saw a
peasant uprising
[
bg
]
against the new government. Between 1924 and 1925, anti-fascist partisan activity was also carried out by a local anarchist
Cheta
, led by
Georgi Popov
[
bg
]
,
Georgi Sheitanov
[
bg
]
and
Mariola Sirakova
.
[2]
Namesakes
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Kilifarevo Island
in
Aitcho Islands
in the
South Shetland Islands
,
Antarctica
is named after Kilifarevo.
[3]
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- city status after the census of 01.02.2011:
Ignatievo, Kran
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