Dryanovo

Dryanovo (Bulgarian: Дряново, [ˈdrʲanovo]) is a Bulgarian town situated at the northern foot of the Balkan Mountains in Gabrovo Province; amphitheatrically along the two banks of Dryanovo River, a tributary to the Yantra River.

The town is a centre of the homonymous Dryanovo Municipality, which is composed of 62 villages, hamlets and huts picturesquely spread out of the mountain folds.

The town lies on the Rousse-Veliko Tarnovo-Gabrovo-Shipka-Kazanlak-Stara Zagora highway and it is a station of the main railway thoroughfare, which links the north and the south part of Bulgaria.

Like all Balkan mountain settlements, Dryanovo reached its bloom at the time of the Bulgarian National Revival.

Dryanovo is sometimes referred to as "a town of centenarians" for the healthy climatic conditions prolonging people's life.

The Dryanovo art gallery building, another work of Kolyu Ficheto