Medical House
The house of Ivan Lekarski, also known as The Medical House, is a Renaissance house, built in the 50s of XIX century.
It has a stone ground floor with a two-leaved front door and strongly protruded jetties over the entrance. The plastic motifs of the decorations on the ceilings are stylized medicinal plants of the doctor’s practice during the Renaissance.
In 1864-65, in the house lived the prominent teachers Nedelya Petkova and Stanislava Karaivanova.
In 1878-81 in the medical house lived some Russian officers from the Provisional Russian government. Constantine Irechek, Nikolay Pavlovich and others received hospitality in it.
It is a cultural monument of local importance. Currently, it’s a restaurant with summer garden.
Address: 13 General Krum Lekarski Street, Kyustendil
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Do you know that:
- Kyustendil used to be named Velevuzdion, Velbondzh, Konstantin’s bath Uludzha, Bath, Kolasia.
- two world champions in rhythmic gymnastics - Iliana Ilieva and Tsvetomira Philipova grew up and trained in Kyustendil.
- in its architectural style “St. Martyr Mina” church is a reduced model of the church “St. Alexander Nevski” in Sofia.
