Chelopek ( bg, Челопек) is a village in
Vratsa Municipality
Vratsa ( bg, Враца ) is the largest city in northwestern Bulgaria and the administrative and economic centre of the municipality of Vratsa and Vratsa district. It is located about 112 km north of Sofia, 40 km southeast of Montana.
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Vratsa Province in northwestern
Bulgaria
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. Located in the western
Balkan Mountains
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, it is known as the home village of
Ivan Vazov's heroine Baba Iliytsa from the tale ''One Bulgarian Woman''. Her original
timbed-framed house has been reconstructed and is currently a museum of her life and local history and ethnography.
Gallery
Image:Chelopek-house-museum-baba-iliytsa-2.jpg, Baba Iliytsa Museum House exterior
Image:Chelopek-house-museum-baba-iliytsa-1.jpg, Museum house exterior
Image:Chelopek-house-museum-baba-iliytsa-interior-2.jpg, Museum house interior
Image:Chelopek-female-folk-costume-1.jpg, Local female costume
Villages in Vratsa Province
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