Teteven is situated in the region of Lovech, 120 km away from Sofia. It is situated on an area of 703 sq.km, including 13 settlements. Municipality’s population is about 25 000 people, and Teteven’s - about 12 000 people. Municipality’s territory is situated in a beautiful valley along the Vit river, it is surrounded by the peaks Petrahil, Cherven, Treskavets.The municipality varies from 340 to 2100 m above sea-level, in the town of Teteven it is 415 m. The climate is temperate-continental - the winter is comparatively mild, the summer - cool, and the beautiful peaks surrounding the town keep it out from fogs and winds.
The peak Vejen /2 198 m/ - the third highest peak in Stara Planina is situated in the eastern part of the Zlatishko-Tetevenska mountain. An important factor for the development of the municipality is the tourism. There are some big hotels and many private lodgings and country houses.
The natural riches of the region offer perfect conditions for hunting and fishing, skiing, alpine marches and mountaineering. Interesting sights of Teteven are: the historical museum, the church “Vsiah Svetii” and the chapel next to it, the “St. Ilia” monastery built in XIV century, the picture-gallery in the centre of the town, the monastery of Glojen “St. Georgi”, built in XIII century during the reign of Czar Ivan Asen II; the ancient houses - Bobevskata, Iorgovata and Hadji Ivanovata; the place of death of Georgi Benkovski in Kostina - Ribaritsa and of Sava Mladenov in Koznitsa - Teteven and others.
A thriving city in the 16th and 17th century, Teteven was raided by organized Turkish brigand groups in 1801, burnt down and almost completely destroyed, with only 4 houses surviving out of a total of 3,000. The town later revived and was active in the armed struggle for Bulgarian independence in the 19th century, sheltering a revolutionary committee from Vasil Levski’s organized rebel network.
Each summer a large chess tournament, one of the biggest events in Bulgaria's chess calendar, is held in Teteven.
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