is a must-see. Gabrovo is member of the Creative Tourism Network ®. Sports Town's most successfully sports club is FC Yantra Gabrovo, which was founded in 1919. The town also has long handball traditions. About from the town in Central Balkan Mountains is located the renowned winter resort Uzana. Honors A minor planet 2206 Gabrova discovered on April 1, 1976 by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh is named in honor of the town. Gabrovo Knoll on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Gabrovo. Notable people Vasil Aprilov (1789-1847) - revivalist and educator; founder of the first secular school in Bulgaria Nikolay Palauzov (1821-1899) - merchant, donated money for the Gabrovian school Ivan Kolchev Kalpazanov (1835-1889) - industrialist, ancestor of the modern industry in Gabrovo and Kingdom of Bulgaria (1882) Vasil Nikolov Karagiosov (1856-1938) - teacher, industrialist, politician, German vicecouncul, monk in the Zograf monastery, Mount Athos, Greece Ivan Hadji Berov (1858-1934) - industrialist- lit the first light bulb in Bulgaria - erected the first hydro electric power plant in Gabrovo Tsanko Dyustabanov (1844-1876) - revolutionary Christo Yavashev (1935-2020) - installation artist Petar Rúsеv - father of former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff Education University Gabrovo has one of the biggest technical universities in Bulgaria, the Technical University of Gabrovo. The technical university in Gabrovo opened in 1964. The idea for the university came from the 1840s. Today the university has about 5400 students; around 60 of them are from other countries. Twin towns – sister cities Gabrovo is twinned with: Aalst, Belgium Chernihiv, Ukraine Kumanovo, North Macedonia Mittweida, Germany Mogilev, Belarus Mytischi, Russia Nowy Sącz, Poland Panevėžys, Lithuania Petah Tikva, Israel Prešov, Slovakia Shaki, Azerbaijan Sisak, Croatia Thun, Switzerland See also Gabrovo humour Sirmani Uzana References External links Gabrovo municipality's home page Populated places in Gabrovo Province