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Kuyumdzhiev's House - Regional Ethnographic Museum Plovdiv
In one of the most picturesque places of the Old Town, over the Hisar Kapia, the house of the rich Plovdiv merchant Argir Hristov Kuyumdzhioglu stands out with its magnificence. Built in the distant 1847 by the master Hadzhi Georgi Stanchovski from the village of Kosovo, Asenovgrad District, it is a typical representative of the Plovdiv symmetrical Revival houses. Experts define it as a peak in the Baroque architecture in Bulgaria.
The four-storey building is impressive in size, which is why it is called the 'King's Residence'. On each floor there is a large parlor (hayet). The most impressive is the oval central part of the representative reception hall on the second floor, ending with a high painted chamfer. The eastern facade of the house is 'standing' on the old Roman fortress wall and is an integral part of the Hisar Kapia ensemble. In the basement the house has its own water reservoir (cistern) and a secret exit, which leads to the Three Hills through a tunnel.
Over the years the building has changed its main function several times. At the end of the 19th century, it was a girls' boarding house, and later it was a hat factory, flour warehouse, a vinegar factory, and a tobacco warehouse. In 1927, the house was proclaimed a 'folk historica; monument.'
The idea of establishing an ethnographic collection and creating an ethnographic museum belongs to the great patriot Stoyu Shishkov. In 1938, at the initiative of Mayor Bozhidar Zdravkov, the most representative house of the Plovdiv Renaissance - Kuyumdzhiev's House, was turned into a Municipal House Museum. Since 1943 the house has been open for visitors.
The rich exposition presents the traditional culture of Thrace, the Rhodope Mountains, and the Sredna Gora Region from the Renaissance period. Among the collections there are copper vessels, ornaments and church plates, sewn and crocheted lace, costumes from the whole Bulgarian ethnic territory, traditional and modern musical instruments, urban interior and others. Today, the unique building is a national monument of culture. The majestic facade of the house, ending with the exquisitely curved rocker form of the eaves, as well as the unique atmosphere of its yard - a green oasis among the cobbled streets of the Old Town, make this place attractive for artists of different arts. It is no accident that the museum and its yard represent one of the centers of cultural life in Plovdiv.
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