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Byala Cherkva ( bg, Бяла черква) is a town in Pavlikeni Municipality, Veliko Turnovo Province, Central-North
Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
/ref> Notable natives include the revolutionary
The first settlement - Byala Cherkva - originated on the higher right bank of the Rositsa river during the first Bulgarian state, as at the beginning of the 13th century. Later the village was known as ''Murad Bey'' and ''Gorni Turcheta''. In 1832 people from the village built the first church - "St. Dimitar".
BASA-2072K-1-338-105-Handicrafts of Bulgaria.JPG, 1951
BASA-2072K-1-338-107-Handicrafts of Bulgaria.JPG, 1945
Byala Cherkva Museum.jpg, Museum
Monument of Bacho Kiro.jpg, Monument of Bacho Kiro
Читалище "Бачо Киро-1869".jpg, Culture center Bacho Kiro
BASA Regional State Archives Directorate Plovdiv Hariton Kuev not classified.jpg, Hariton Kulev
Йордан Хаджиев.jpg, Yordan Hadzhiev
Bacho Kiro.png, Bacho Kiro
Rayko Daskalov.jpg, Rayko Daskalov
Александър Бурмов.jpg, Alexander Burmov
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
. The settlement is located close to the town of Pavlikeni
Pavlikeni ( bg, Павликени ) is a town in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Northern Bulgaria, about 41 kilometers from the city of Veliko Tarnovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Pavlikeni Municipality. As of December 2010, the ...
about 28 km away from the city of Veliko Tarnovo. Its name in Bulgarian means ''white church'', a popular placename around the world, equivalent to Bela Crkva
Bela Crkva ( sr-cyrl, Бела Црква, ; german: Weißkirchen; hu, Fehértemplom; ro, Biserica Albă) is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a populatio ...
, Weisskirchen, Whitechurch, etc.
As of December 2009, the town has a population of 2,612 inhabitants.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian Settlements 1000-5000 inhabitants - December 2009
/ref> Notable natives include the revolutionary
Bacho Kiro
Bacho Kiro ( bg, Бачо Киро) (7 July 1835 – 28 May 1876) was the nickname of Kiro Petrov Zanev (Киро Петров Занев), a Bulgarian teacher, man of letters and revolutionary who took an active part in the April Uprising.
Bach ...
(1835–1876), the poet and minister of culture Tsanko Tserkovski, and politician Rayko Daskalov
Rayko Ivanov Daskalov ( bg, Райко Иванов Даскалов) ( – 26 August 1923) was a Bulgarian interwar politician of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (BANU). One of the chief leaders of the republican Vladaya Uprising or ...
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History
The first settlement - Byala Cherkva - originated on the higher right bank of the Rositsa river during the first Bulgarian state, as at the beginning of the 13th century. Later the village was known as ''Murad Bey'' and ''Gorni Turcheta''. In 1832 people from the village built the first church - "St. Dimitar".
Schools
*School "Bacho Kiro"
Church
*Church "Saint Dimitar"Tourism
The town area spots churches, monuments and river bridges.
Gallery
References
Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Veliko Tarnovo Province {{VelikoTarnovo-geo-stub