Tower of Ledenik

Located at the western end of the village, the tower of Ledenik is rising on the rocky hill named Mela (or Myasla),[1] which is cut as a peninsula in the riverbed of Yantra.

The first data about the building come from the year 1650, when it was restored for living by the local governor and the name Shemshi Bey is mentioned.

[3] Folklore tales speak of Shemshi Bey (Ottoman viceroy in Tarnovo), who inherited land and built on it a magnificent for its time saray.

There are no windows on the first floor, only a front door with a solid wooden gate with traces of bullets from the April Uprising.

Legend has it that the bey's only son fell in love with the beautiful Bulgarian maiden Neda from the neighboring village Shemshevo across the river.

Late in the evening, the already awoken Neda and her brother, secretly headed to Tarnovo, but a man from Ledenik saw them and the rumor about the resurrected girl spread.

Learning of the tragedy that befell his family, Neda's brother gathered a party and attacked the bey's retinue.

[5] During the time of the Kirdzhali a horde attacked the village of Dryanovo - the thugs raped women, set fire to houses, robbed and killed.