Building up Modernity: Entrepreneurial Bulgarian Architects in Veliko Turnovo (1878–1944)

Radosveta Kirova-Delcheva ()
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Radosveta Kirova-Delcheva: Independent scholar, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria

Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research, 2021, vol. 6, 324-333

Abstract: As construction proves the most indicative economic marker, the correlation between architecture and economics outlines the overall political and economic context as the major factors that determined the architectural outlook of Veliko Turnovo and reveals symptomatic facts about the professional activities of the architects who worked there during the period of the Third Bulgarian State (1878-1944). The entrepreneurial activities of the Bulgarian architects, who constituted the modern townscape of Veliko Turnovo, are analyzed within the political, economic and legislative context in order to reveal concrete professional careers’ details. Comparison with the undertakings of the architects, born in Veliko Turnovo and the region, who migrated to other towns, serves as a base for summarizing major tendencies in the architectural profession in the period.

Keywords: architect; entrepreneur; building contractor; Veliko Turnovo; building materials production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L74 N63 N64 N93 N94 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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