After examination and researches of all historic sources for the “saint Ivan Rilski” chearch at Veliko Turnovo, the archaeologists Hitko Vachev and professor Nikolay Ovcharov are going to succeed with their 20 years dream- to find where exact this building is. The start of this project has been given during the previous week at the Veliko Turnovo Asenov quarter. Director of the regional historic museum has told that the equip has been into a need to dispose of 200 cubic meters with garbages for being able to start the excavation . All the peoples at this quarter knows this place as dung-hill. Some of the early local citizens already knew that there has been situated church long time ago. The construction of this church was found just for about 30 meters distance to the “Saint Peter and Pavel” church. Until now, excepting the complex holy 40 martyrs” at the Asenov quarter there are almost zero number of excavations. By the words of the local archaeologists this territory is undeservedly disregarded. During the XIII and XIV century this place has been center of the city. There has been some of the basic crafts industries, some churches also. The archaeologists maintains the the church Saint Peter and Pavel has been center of the complex that they explore now. This means that there are many future excavation works in this area that must be started.

Three hours after the start of this project , there was found superscriptions and coin dated to the time fo king Ivan Alexander. Professor Ovcharov adds that this precious building has been one of the most important at the middle age Turnovgrad, where Patriarch Evtimiy of Bulgaria has tryed to collect the vigours of the Bulgarian saints.

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