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Byalgrad fortress, Gugutka

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Byalgrad fortress

In Bulgarian: Крепост Бялград

Category: Fortress

Location: Gugutka

Longtitude: 25.95532900 Latitude: 41.39781700

The Byalgrad fortress is located 2 km south-east of village of Gugutka. The fortress is dated to the end of XII century and is one of the well preserved in Bulgaria.

The citadel`s walls reach up to 8 meters in height and 2 m in wide in their base. The name of the fortress comes from the white stone blocks (in Bulgarian "byal" is white and "grad" is town) from which the fortress was built.

The bases of a basilica were found in the east part of the fortress.

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