{"id":4702,"date":"2023-06-28T09:49:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T09:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonemasonry.eu\/home\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:14:15","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stonemasonry.eu\/en\/home\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4702\" class=\"elementor elementor-4702 elementor-1795\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16bdca7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"16bdca7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d5a2a9b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4d5a2a9b\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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class=\"e-n-menu-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSome of the First Teachers\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39156f42 e-full_width e-n-menu-layout-horizontal e-n-menu-tablet elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-menu\" data-id=\"39156f42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;menu_items&quot;:[{&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;3e950a1&quot;,&quot;item_title&quot;:&quot;Works that Captured 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class=\"e-n-menu-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWorks that Captured Time\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d23a248 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d23a248\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60a0dad3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60a0dad3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d08d13d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d08d13d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Professional High School of Stonemasonry in Kunino is a unique school, the only one of its kind in the Balkans, with over 100 years of history and great professional traditions in education, offering a profession as eternal as stone, always relevant and valuable.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-612c79db elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"612c79db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"history\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54e74dc8 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54e74dc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><u>history<\/u><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ffaee9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ffaee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Today's Professional High School of Stonemasonry \u2013 Kunino, was established as a school by state decree in 1920 with the idea of \"modernizing stonemasonry,\" according to the need for highly qualified specialists in this field in the rapidly developing and economically flourishing new Bulgaria of that time. Due to the presence of excellent raw material \u2013 limestone, a developed stonemasonry livelihood among the local population, and a strategic railway artery, the village of Kunino was chosen as the location \u2013 situated amidst beautiful nature, with a rare combination of rocky massifs, canyons, plateaus, forests, a river, and a fertile plain; a settlement with ancient history, culture, and progressive people. The inspirer and creator of the school is the great Bulgarian and builder of our modern state, Konstantin Tomov, who was born in Kunino. The school was also established with the significant assistance of the Czech stonemasonry school in Ho\u0159ice, from where the specialist teacher and first director, Rudolf Braun, came to Kunino.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51155c9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51155c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The first classes at the State Stonemasonry School began in 1921 with ten students while the new building was being constructed. During the period 1921\u20131923, specialist teachers Stanislav Kuhn, Josef \u0160kv\u00e1ra, and Josef Kraus arrived from Czechia, establishing the foundation of the school of stonemasonry and sculpture in Kunino. After 1926, highly qualified Bulgarians \u2013 teachers from all over the country \u2013 began their activities. Over the years, the school's directors have been famous sculptors such as Dimitar Gadzhalov, Boris Kadiyski, Krum Aleksiev, Mityo Solakov, Iliya Beshirov, the specialist teacher Petar Tonovski, and others. From the school's founding to the present day, almost all professionals in stone processing in Bulgaria have received their education in Kunino. Most of them are sculptors, architects, builders, stonemasons, and other specialists in the industry who have become famous for their profession in Bulgaria and throughout the world.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59af682 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59af682\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the stonemasonry school, the number of students reached up to five hundred from all over the country. Until 2007, the Professional High School of Stonemasonry trained students from grades 9 to 13, who received an education in the profession of stonemason. Since 2007, admissions have been conducted after the completion of the 7th grade for the profession of \"Artist,\" specializing in \"Sculpture,\" and after the 8th grade for the profession of \"Stonemason,\" specializing in \"Stonemasonry.\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5ffe56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"a5ffe56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"100years\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fcdfe6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36fcdfe6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"kam\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-def10f4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"def10f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c068a1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c068a1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><u>100 Years<\/u><br><u> Professional High School of Stonemasonry<\/u><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b75fad7 elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b75fad7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Professional High School of Stonemasonry in Kunino in 2020 marked its 100th anniversary, continuing to offer high-quality education in the field of stonemasonry. Students graduate with a secondary education diploma and a second-degree professional qualification, while also being guaranteed a job placement after graduation.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-109a60e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"109a60e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"first\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6baef5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c6baef5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-989d9ac elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"989d9ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6a2891 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d6a2891\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><u>Some of the First Teachers<\/u><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68fa204 elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68fa204\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-9b0b649 );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif;letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-primary-letter-spacing );text-align: var(--text-align);background-color: var( --e-global-color-8603649 )\">The stonemasonry school in Kunino was established and consolidated through the names and work of specialist teachers: <b>Gurko Yosifov<\/b>, <b>Iliya Tsekov<\/b>, <b>Velichko Markov<\/b>, <b>Tsvetan Petrov<\/b>, <b>Tsvetan Gradzhorski<\/b>, <b>Lalo Iliev<\/b>, <b>Boris Tomov<\/b>, and others who worked with dignity and dedication for the school's prosperity. <\/span><br><br>Over the years, prominent Bulgarian sculptors have been teachers at the school: <b>Dimitar Gadzhalov<\/b>, <b>Krum Aleksiev<\/b>, <b>Mityo Solakov<\/b>, <b>Iliya Beshirov<\/b>, the specialist teacher <b>Petar Tonovski<\/b>, <b>Nikola Korchev<\/b>, and others.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55d9efd elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"55d9efd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"time\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7db166fc e-con-full e-flex e-con 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><u>Works that Captured Time<\/u><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a2185e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a2185e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Many of the graduates continue their education at the National Academy of Arts and subsequently find an established place in Bulgarian fine arts. Among them are: <b>Nedko Krastev<\/b>, <b>Tsvyatko Siromashki<\/b>, <b>Danko Bayramov<\/b>, <b>Manyo Slavov<\/b>, <b>Yanaki Kavrakov<\/b>, Assoc. Prof. <b>Stefan Yanakiev<\/b>, Prof. <b>Dimitar Sotirov<\/b>, <b>Lyuben Cherkezov<\/b>, <b>Ivan Dimchev<\/b>. \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f8e7ba4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f8e7ba4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The work of the school's alumni includes: the monumental-sculptural sites in Shumen, Panagyurishte, Stara Zagora, Shipka, Cherven Bryag; the artistic and architectural decoration of Sofia \u2013 TZUM, the Presidency, the Council of Ministers, Sheraton; the cathedrals, monuments, and stone park decorations in Bulgaria and in various countries abroad represent part of the school's glorious history. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-998cef9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"998cef9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>about us History 100 Years of PGKO Some of the First Teachers Works that Captured Time The Professional High School of Stonemasonry in Kunino is a unique school, the only one of its kind in the Balkans, with over 100 years of history and great professional traditions in education, offering a profession as eternal as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4686,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4702","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemasonry.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemasonry.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemasonry.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonemasonry.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonemasonry.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4702"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stonemasonry.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5362,"href":"https:\/\/stonemasonry.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4702\/revisions\/5362"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonemasonry.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemasonry.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}