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Panagyurishte – Kopivshitsa in 1 day The Panagyurishte Gold Treasure is a Thracian treasure of a phiale, an amphora, three oinochoai and four rhytons with total weight of 6.164 kg of 24-karat gold.All nine vessels are richly and skilfully decorated. It is dated from the 4th-3rd centuries BC. It is thought to have been used as a royal ceremonial set by the Thracian king Seuthes III. Koprivshtitsa is one of the most characteristic Bulgarian towns, still preserving the atmosphere of the Bulgarian National Revival period of the 19th century. The town is huddled in the mountain-folds, 111 km east of Sofia. The town boasts a large number of architectural monuments from the period. Collections of ethnographical treasures, old weapons, National Revival works of art, fine fretwork, household weaves and embroidery, national costumes and typical Bulgarian jewelry have also been preserved. It was here that the first shot of the April Uprising against the Ottoman domination was fired in 1876.