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A Monument in the River

Besides all the other wonders the visitors of the town of Gabrovo (Central Bulgaria) may enjoy also the monument in the river. The citizens of Gabrovo have placed the statue of Racho Kovacha (Racho the Smith) over a rock in the Yantra River, in a way to save residential area and to avoid spending money on flowers for the monument. According to one of the legends a young man – a smith, called Racho settled here the waters of Yantra. He used to shoed the horses of the caravans that went or came back from the mountain. Generally, other people started living near his home, offering tailor services, cooking, cart repairing and hide processing. And as a huge hornbeam (Gabar in Bulgarian) rose near the fireplace of the smith, people called the settlement Gabrovo. Thus Racho Kovacha became the ancestor of the town and it was named after his hornbeam. The monument of Racho Kovacha is an impressive bronze figure. The local men consider it as a symbol of the artful and unflagging Gabrovo spirit, preserved in all the generations.

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