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Lovech is one of the oldest and most interesting Bulgarian towns situated 200 metres above sea level along the banks of the Osam River. It dates back to the Middle Ages when it was a fortress built on the site of a Roman road. It was named Lovech in the twelfth century,and Renaissance buildings can still be seen in the ancient part of the town called Varosha which is built on the ruins of the Thracian town of Melta. There was a covered bridge built by Kolyo Ficheto in 1874, which is now a covered iron-concrete bridge with shops along it.
A landmark in the town of Lovech is the fourteen metre high Monument of Vasil Levski which was built in 1965 in the Varosha residential area next to the Hisarya fortress. The Museum Vasil Levski is the richest in the country with a collection of his personal belongings, fake Turkish stamps, a sword, dagger and original portrait from 1870.
Exposition Drasova House presents the life style of a rich commercial family from the end of the nineteenth century, and Exposition Rashova House shows how a townsperson from Lovech lived during the 1930s and 1940s.
The Steneto Reserve which covers an area of almost 3600 hectares is nearby in the spring area of Cherni Osam River.
The region of Lovech is bordered by the regions of Pleven, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Stara Zagora and Plovdiv. It has good transport links with two main thoroughfares passing connecting the region with its neighbours and capital city of Sofia.
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