site.btaBTA Signs Partnership Agreement with Dryanovo History Museum

Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) Director General Kiril Valchev and Dryanovo History Museum Director Ivan Hristov signed a partnership agreement at the BTA National Press Club here on Thursday.

The occasion for the signing of the agreement is the 225th anniversary of the birth of Bulgarian National Revival architect and builder Nikola Fichev, commonly known as Kolyu Ficheto. The event was attended, amongst others, by Dryanovo Deputy Mayor Dilyana Dzhedzheva, Dryanovo Municipal Council Chair Todor Georgiev and Union of Architects in Bulgaria Chair Petar Dikov.

“Today we will announce the beginning of the celebration of the 225th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Fichev or Kolyu Ficheto – one of the most remarkable Bulgarian architects with a great place in history,” Valchev emphasised. He recalled that Nikola Fichev, born in 1800, left behind some of the most remarkable buildings and structures in Bulgaria, including bridges, churches and public buildings. 

Hristov specified that the programme for marking the anniversary of Nikola Fichev is titled The Unknown Kolyu Ficheto. "The programme has already started in January with an exhibition by architect Belin Mollov with watercolors of Kolyu Ficheto's objects," he said. Hristov also pointed out that work is underway on a new album and a popular book about Kolyu Ficheto.

The festive programme includes a children's drawing competition, a model, literary work, a national painting plein air, which will be held from July 1 to 5 and will end with a large exhibition. The culmination of the celebrations will be from October 1 to 3 with a scientific conference with several panels. There will also be a concert on the last day, the director of the historical museum in Dryanovo also noted. An exhibition dedicated to the work of Kolyu Ficheto was opened on Thursday at the Central House of Architects in Sofia as well.

Georgiev emphasized that all proposals from Hristov on the occasion of the celebrations for the 225th anniversary of Kolyu Ficheto have been unanimously supported by the municipal council. He stated that BTA gives the opportunity especially to smaller towns to promote themselves. 

BTA already has partnership agreements with nine museums and galleries in Bulgaria, namely the National Gallery, the Sofia City Art Gallery, the Archaeology Institute and Museum under the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Museum of Sports at the National Sports Base, the National Literary Museum, the National Polytechnic Museum, the Sofia Regional History Museum and the Etar Regional Ethnographic Open Air Museum.