Peyo Yavorov Museum House
136 G.S. Rakovski str.
The Romantic poet and revolutionary Peyo Yavorov (1878–1914) lived in this house, located on the famous Rakovski Str. from 29th of November 1912 to the tragic night of 30th November 1913, along with Lora Karavelova. Since 1963 the house is a functioning museum, gathering precious collections of manuscripts, original photographs, poet’s personal library, his first signed editions, his weapon collection. It also houses personal items of Peyo Yavorov, Mina Todorova and Lora Karavelova, paintings, graphic sheets and plastic sculptures by famous Bulgarian artists. The exposition of poet’s cabinet shows the family nest of Yavorov and Lora. Here is recreated the house with the original furniture of the last home of the poet on Solunska Str.
