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Mekhana Vodopad

Механа «Водопад»

Traditional restaurant housed in a wooden pavilion.

Listing from Wikivoyage: Karlovo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Old wool factory
фабрика за вълнени издълия
Industrial heritage is not so common in Bulgaria. This former wool factory from 1891 was built by Evlogi Georgiev. His villa on the factory grounds looks like it's about to collapse. The factory is in a better shape, but it is likewise abandoned.
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Suchurum Waterfall
Водопад Сучурум
The Stara River comes down the mountainside and forms an 8-meter high waterfall right north of the town. While it's not so that high, it is picturesque. There's a hydroelectric plant nearby driven by water from another river flowing down the mountain through pipes.
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July 20th square
Площад 20 юли
The town square of Karlovo, named in memory of the massacre of 800 Bulgarians by Turks in the town on 20 July 1877, during the Russo-Turkish war. There's a memorial to the massacre as well. Buildings surrounding the square include an eclectic bank building, a library built during the People's Republic of Bulgaria, a city hall with a mural symbolizing space exploration and peaceful use of nuclear power.
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Kurshum mosque
Куршум джамия
Built by the Turkish in 1485, the mosque is the oldest building in town. Nationalized during Communism, it was returned to the Islamic community in 2014, nevertheless it remains closed.