Chiprovtsi

Chiprovtsi (, pronounced ) is a small town in northwestern Bulgaria, administratively part of Montana Province. It lies on the shores of the river Ogosta in the western Balkan Mountains, very close to the Bulgarian-Serbian border. A town of about 2,000 inhabitants, Chiprovtsi is the administrative centre of Chiprovtsi Municipality that also covers nine nearby villages.

revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1688

style of carpet originating from northwest Bulgaria

Orthodox Christian monastery in Bulgaria