The Church of the Most Holy Mother of God

The Church of the Most Holy Mother of God is a symbol of the Bulgarian Renaissance. It was the first temple where, after many years of Turkish oppression, services were held in Bulgarian.

The temple was built in 1844, and is located in the northern part of the Old Town on one of the Seven Hills, which is called Nebet Tepe. The bell tower of the temple is decorated with a unique wooden carving. On the bell tower there is an inscription that reads: "In memory of the liberators", as a thank you to the Russian soldiers who liberated the city from the Turks on January 4, 1878.

In addition, the church is interesting due to the unusual frescoes, which depict not only characters of Holy Scripture, but ordinary people. For example, chained peasants, whose backs are bent under the blows of the Turkish whip, leaders of the national liberation movement who fight for the rights of their people or ordinary schoolchildren sitting peacefully in the walls of the class.