Many cultural and artstic valuables were created in the capital. They define the priority of the town in the fate of the Bulgarian state. For two centuries Turnovo was the main production and spiritual centre. The economic develop-ment led to the minting of Bulgarian coins. In the capitals monetary mint King Ivan Assen II struck his first gold coins with Bulgarian inscriptions.
Gradually the Bulgarian coins began to circulate at the international market.In the second half of the 14th c they began to be usedin Serbia,Bosna,Wallahia, Venice. An evidence for the international prestige of the Bulgarian state and its capital were the seals of the rulers and the high clergy with the seals were affixed the international contracts the private and the state correspondence.
The sculpture in the capital was a kind of decorative art, connected with the secular and the cult architecture. Along with the works of the monumental sculpture there are diverse samples of small plastics - stone and steatite icons crosses of local and imported origin the manifacture of small ceramic icons became very popular. During the period of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom a very well eveloped craft was the bone carving.
Naturaly the manifacture of ornaments was very important for the capital. The ornaments for the aristocracy were made of gold and silver, while the mass production was of copper and alloys, but they repeated the shape of the ornaments made of precious metals. The most popular and attractive technique of filigree, granulation an cellular enamel were applied by the jewelers when they manufactured the ornaments. Skilful potters produced building, kitchen and decorative ceramics.
Of particularly great importance was the manufacture of luxurious vessels with high artistic qualities. In Bulgaria, under the influence of the Byzantine centres penetrated the "sgraffito" technique. Turnovo became the largest centre for production of sgraffito ceramics. The medieval Bulgarian masters assimilated the complex technique of its production perfectly.
During the Middle Ages/12th-14th cc./ Turnovo became an important literary and cultural centre, not only for the Bulgarians but for all slav countries.The Bulgarian kings generously patronized the scholars.