Chiprovtsi is a very old town, settled at the foot of the Balkan Mountains, 30 km. from Montana. The Ogosta river flows through the town, coming from the high parts of the mountains. The name Chiprovtsi comes after the Roman name of copper – kuprum. It was named Kiprovets first, then Chiprovtsi (renamed 1956). In Roman times Chiprovtsi was a major mining centre. Excavations have uncovered a catholic monastery complex dating back to the 15th-17th centuries - a bishop’s seat of the Sofia Catholic Eparchy during the time of Petur Solinat, a missionary from the Order of Franciscans who built and established the Catholic Church in Bulgaria. In the 16th-17th centuries the monastery was a cultural and educational centre of the Bulgarian Catholics. The Uprising of Chiprovtsi in 1688 was organized by Catholic notables against Ottoman rule.

The carpet industry in Chiprovtsi dates back to the 17th century. The ornaments of the old carpets were made in a geometric way. Generally, the colour harmony is based on the unison of cold and warm colours. Those pieces of art have been made by hand all through their existence. During the 19th century the weavers implanted in their perfect handicraft wares all colours, geometric symbols, compositions of plants and animals. There is a belief that these symbols have magic power. Mystery and simplicity, order and harmony, past, present and future in the infinity; all these you perceive and receive with one of the Bulgarian miracles - the Chiprovtsi carpet.