town. The clockwork tower is one of the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria along with the Monastery of the Holy Trinity and the History museum of Etropole. The Etropole Monastery, also known as Varovitets, is located from the town. It is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery and was founded in the 12th or 13th century. The monastery is also the home of the spectacular Etropole Waterfall “Varovitets”. To learn more about the history of Etropole you can visit the Historical Museum of Etropole. The History Museum in Etropole launched its first exhibition in 1958. Ten years later, in 1968, the second exhibition of the museum was opened in the restored building of the former Turkish police office. The museum of Etropole is still housed there. The building was constructed in the period 1853 – 1870. This is the second public building in Etropole after the Clock Tower (1710) that has survived to this day. The ten halls of the museum tell about the past of the Etropole Region. The village of Lopyan (Лопян) is located in the Etropole municipality and is situated at the foot of the northern slopes of the Central Balkan Mountain. It is one of the oldest villages in the region and its story began at the time of the Thracians, when the territory was inhabited by the tribe Luposi from where name of the village most likely origins. Three kilometres from Lopyan are the remains of the Thracian fortress Chertigrad (built in 4th or 3rd centuries BC and probably functioned until the 6th century AD). Notable people Todor Peev (1842–1904) - revolutionary Hristo Yasenov (1889–1925) - poet Sofi Marinova - singer of Roma descent International relations Twin towns — sister cities Etropole is twinned with: Feres, Greece Mozhaysk, Russia Bela Palanka, Serbia Gallery References External links Nikola Gruev's gallery of Etropole Monastery Etropole Home Page Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Sofia Province