Church school

Overview

The church school in the village of Gumoshtnik is located in the yard of the church "St. Nicholas Letni". It was founded in 1829 and is the only surviving church school in the Lovech region. During its existence, the school has operated for more than 100 years and as a secular school. It was restored in its present form in 1979.

In one of the rooms of the church school a reconstruction of a classroom from that time was made. Benches with sand (used by primary school students for writing and easy rubbing of writing), tiles with narrow and wide rows on one side and squares for counting on the other, school supplies from that time - pencils, inkwells, etc. are shown. Among the exhibits is the textbook from 1896.

On the first floor of the building of the church school is arranged a museum collection, tracing the history of the village of Gumoshtnik. Exhibited are objects from the life and way of life of the local population, artifacts found during archaeological excavations of Thracian mounds in the area, documents related to the Titanic villagers who died in the various wars for the liberation and unification of Bulgaria.