Bozhentsi The Architectural and Historical Reserve of Bojensti is a unique museum-village, situated in the geographical center of Bulgaria with plenty of things to be seen and done in the area. You can visit the ethnographic complex – Etura to see functioning 17th century workshops, producing textiles, pottery, wrought iron, knives, pastries; take a two-hour hike through the mountain and visit the old crafts-center of Tryavna – famous for its wood-carving and icon-painting schools; or drive for 30min. to the medieval capital of Bulgaria – Veliko Turnovo and the numerous adjoining monasteries.
  The village of Bojentsi is cuddled in the picturesque mountain folds of the
Central Balkan Range Mountain. It is amongst the few places in the country, which have preserved completely their ancient appearance and valuable architectural and ethnographical monuments form the period of the Bulgarian Renaissance /19th century/.   A legend says that back in 1393, when the capital of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom – Turnovo fell under Ottoman rule, the widowed aristocrat – Bojana ran for refuge in the mountain in search for a new home for her children. There, by the rumbling mountain streams in the deep forest at the foot of a cold well, away from the oppressors, she built the first home of the village, which would bear her name in the future.
From that moment on – magic started to happen in Bojentsi – girls and boys were being born, got married, worked and lived in happiness and left this world to rest in piece.