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Various restored workshops and the facade of an old caravanserai make up the Samovodska Charshiya or bazaar at the junction of ul. Rakovski and pl. Georgi Kirkov. Aside from one surviving coppersmith and a weaver selling handmade chergi or rugs, most of the craftspeople who once had ateliers here have moved out to be replaced by clothes boutiques, but it's still highly photogenic, with its wrought-iron garnished facades and cobbled slopes. Starting from the square at the end of the bazaar, you can follow ul. Vastanicheska up into the narrow streets of the peaceful old Varosh quarter , whose two nineteenth-century churches are verging on the decrepit. The Church of Sveti Nikolai has a carving on the bishop's throne which shows a lion (representing Bulgaria) in the coils of a snake (the Greek Church) being devoured by a dragon (Turkey), and up the hill from here the Church of SS Kiril i Metodii - with its belfry and dome by Kolyo Ficheto - still serves worshippers on ul. Kiril i Metodii. Heading downhill from pl. Kirkov, you'll come upon pl. Velchova Zavera , where Velcho the glazier, Nikola the braid maker, Ivan the furrier and other conspirators were hanged for rebelling against the Turkish authorities in 1835.
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