Chiprovtsi

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Chiprovtsi is a small town in northwestern Bulgaria, historically known for its 17th-century Catholic uprising and its distinctive handwoven Chiprovtsi carpets.

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Chiprovtsi canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeUnit Chiprovtsi Municipality ⓘ
areaCode 09554 ⓘ
carpetMaterial wool ⓘ
carpetStyle geometric patterns ⓘ
carpetTechnique handwoven ⓘ
carpetWeavingRecognizedBy UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ
carpetWeavingUNESCOInscriptionYear 2014 ⓘ
climate temperate continental ⓘ
country Bulgaria ⓘ
distanceFromSofia about 120 km northwest of Sofia ⓘ
elevation approximately 500–600 meters above sea level ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Bulgarians ⓘ
hasFestival Festival of Chiprovtsi carpets ⓘ
hasIndustry carpet weaving ⓘ
mining (historically) ⓘ
hasMuseum Museum of History in Chiprovtsi ⓘ
hasNearbyLandmark Chiprovtsi Monastery ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 2000 inhabitants ⓘ
hasStatus municipality center ⓘ
heritageStatus center of traditional Bulgarian carpet weaving ⓘ
historicalActivity mining of precious metals (historically) ⓘ
historicalCommunity Catholic merchants and miners ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfFlourishing 17th century ⓘ
knownFor Catholic cultural heritage ⓘ
Chiprovtsi Uprising of 1688 ⓘ
Chiprovtsi carpets ⓘ
traditional carpet weaving ⓘ
language Bulgarian ⓘ
locatedIn Montana Province ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Balkan Mountains ⓘ
locatedInRegion northwestern Bulgaria ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Chiprovtsi River ⓘ
monasteryReligiousAffiliation Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
municipalityIncludes surrounding villages of Chiprovtsi Municipality ⓘ
partOf Ottoman Empire (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Empire
postalCode 3460 ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
siteOf Chiprovtsi Uprising ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
uprisingYear 1688 ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ

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Midžor → nearestTownBulgaria → Chiprovtsi ⓘ