Badge for Contribution to the Construction Industry

Badge for Â“Contribution to the Construction IndustryÂ”
It bears the image of the legendary master- builder of 19th c. Kolyo Ficheto-Nikola Ivanov Fichev (1806-1881). He was the most marked Bulgarian master Â– constructor, a self-made architect and innovator from the Bulgarian Revival period, one of the originators of the New Bulgarian Church and Civil architecture. In church construction he enriched the tradition of the three-ship basilica. He created and successfully introduced many new ideas and techniques in construction engineering and architecture HeÂ’s made the following churches: Â“St. BogoroditzaÂ”, Â“St. Ciril and MethodeusÂ”, Â“St. SpasÂ”, Â“St. Kontstantin and ElenaÂ” in Turnovo, Â“St. NikolaÂ” in Dryanovo, Â“St. TroitzaÂ” in Svishtov, in the Kilipharevo, and Plachokovo monasteries, as well as the Lovech covered Bridge, the Belene Bridge, the Hadji Nikolay Inn, the Police Office in Turnovo, etc., where in many of them he reached a sort of a synthesis of engineering solution, architecture, and sculpture. His construction works were exceptional for his time in its quality and economic efficiency.