Association «Chiprovtsi Alternative and Development - Char" is a nonprofit organization to operate in the public interest, reflected in actions to protect the rights of people and nature in the municipality Chiprovtsi and sustainable development of the territory. The statutes of the association are targets associated with increased activity of the people and improve their living conditions and development.
Mission of the CHAR
Protection of the rights of people and nature on the territory of the municipality of Chiprovtsi.
Increasing the public sensitivity, awareness and commitment of the institutions and civil society and their involvement in actively solving environmental and health problems; problems related to children, young people, risk groups;
Preservation of the environment, cultural and historical heritage and sustainable development of the settlement Chiprovtsi, the villages of the municipality of Chiprovtsi and its neighboring municipalities, referred to in this document as the "Territory"
Increasing the ecological culture of the population
Creating better conditions for sport, tourism and physical culture
Founded in 1988 on the anniversary of the Chiprovtsi Uprising. The main exhibition is housed in a renovated schoolhouse, built in 1866.
Exposed old clothes, utensils, accessories and famous Kilim carpets.
The Sankta Maria Catholic Church was built in 1371 and was a center of Bulgarian Catholicism prior to the 1688 uprising.
It is known that the area around Chiprovtsi has been inhabited since the time of the Thracians and later the Roman Empire, when the local metal deposits were exploited. According to historian V. Velkov, the valley of the Ogosta was inhabited by Thracians since the early 1st millennium BC.
This website has been produced with the assistance of the European Union through the Interreg-IPA CBC Bulgaria-Serbia Programme, CCI No 2014TC16I5CB007. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Municipality of Boljevac and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union or the Managing Authority of the Programme.
The project is co-funded by EU through the Interreg-IPA CBC Bulgaria–Serbia Programme.