The famous village of Svejen is situated in the heart of Sarnena gora Mountain, near the river of the same name, 34 km southeast of the town of Karlovo and 60 km. northern from the town of Plovdiv. As soon as you pass the board "Svejen village", you will enter the spitit of the Bulgarian Revival times – a monastery school, a reading club from 1868, and a church. The residents of the village have actively participated in the April Uprising of 1876, for which the settlement was burned, and its inhabitants massacred during the 1941 – 1944 events. In the architecture ensemble are included 100 old houses, which are left standing by miracle of the mass blazing of the village from the turks in the summer of 1877. All these houses are announced for architectural monuments of the culture. Interesting sight in the village of Svejen is the clock tower, which is timing and bringing the sorrowful memory for the firing of the village.
Village of Svejen
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The famous village of Svejen is situated in the heart of Sarnena gora Mountain, near the river of the same name, 34 km southeast of the 
