The Oslekova house

The Oslekova house is in the town of Koprivshtitsa. It is one of the most important monuments of the Bulgarian Revival architecture. It was built in 1856 by the rich merchant Nencho Oslekov. Its construction is work of master-builders from the Smolyan School. The house is famous for its beautiful wall-paintings and wood-carvings. In the past the owner of the house was responsible for the collecting of the tax for the small farm animals. The cloths and the mantles of the Koprivshtitsa rebels for the April uprising were made in the large hall of the house. Because of his activity Nencho Osekov was seized after the defeat of the uprising and hung in Plovdiv in June 27, 1876. The Oslekova house became an ethnographic museum in 1956. A lot of objects, connected with the daily life of the old people from Koprivshtitsa, collections of women ornaments and fine laces, made of horse-hair are exhibited there. https://maps.app.goo.gl/HiznEaFr6BN1iQud6