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Taken from http://www.beyondtheforest.com/Pages/VT1.html

Veliko Turnovo is built over a series of precipitous hills divided by deep chasms and the Yantra River, and overlooked by the massive, mediaeval Tsarevets fortress complex. The old houses have been described as a form of "organic' architecture due to the manner in which they seem to cling to the hills between vines, flowering bean trees and lilacs. The town is steeped in history and was the capitral of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom from 1185 to 1396. It is surrounded by historic villages, churhces and monasteries such as the Dryanovski and Petropavloski Monasteries. The Tsarevets fotress is often illuminated on summer nights by a spectacular 'son et lumiere' light and music show.