Air Bansko
Interreg
EU This project is co-financed by the European Union through
Interreg - IPA Cross-Border Programme "Bulgaria – the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"
Project “Affirmation of the natural and cultural values in the border region for better visibility and access” Ref. No CB006.1.21.183

Angel Balev /24.VI.1882 - 31.Х.1965 г./

Started his public activities as a librarian at "Selska pochivka" community center, founded in 1894. Involved in the revolutionary movement, he became a member of GMORO. He participated in the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprising.

Since 1909, for half a century he has been teaching in his hometown. His students are very famous Bansko people, among them Nikola Vaptsarov. Founder of abstainerс and tourism associations, manages a school choir, guitar-mandolin composition and theater troupe. Collaborates with newspapers and magazines with a variety of genre literature. He became an initiator of a multi-city gymnastic celebrations on the day of Cyril and Methodius - the two Slavic enlighteners. It has one of the richest personal time libraries, which was donated by his heirs to the fund of the Museum complex - Bansko. He is awarded with the Cyril and Methodius Order in 1960.


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