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Gorna krepost: Perperikon archaeological complex

Perperikon archaeological complex
Category: Archaeological site in Gorna krepost
Perperikon (aka Hyperperakion or Perperakion) is located in the Eastern Rhodope range, south of village of Gorna krepost and some 15 kilometers north-east of town of Kurdzhali. There is an archaeological complex which contains a large megalithic/Thracian sanctuary, a sacred city and medieval for...

URL: http://www.perperikon.bg/

Vishegrad

Vishegrad fortress
Category: Fortress in Vishegrad
Vishegrad fortress (aka "Hissar Yustu" or "Gorna krepost") is located north of village of Vishegrad, in Rhodopes mountain. It is situated on a panoramic peak above the Arda River and dam of Studen Kladenets. The fortress was built probably in XII-XII century over the base of an e...

Kurdjali

Regional History Museum Kardjali
Category: Museum in Kurdjali
The Historical Museum of Kardjali is housed in an interesting building from 1930. The museum has 3 departments and exposures disposed on 3 different floors: ArchaeologyIt is located on the first floor in 9 exhibition halls. The exposures covered the period from the Neolithic (New Stone Age) to the l...

URL: http://www.rim-kardzhali.org/

Shiroko pole

Monyak Fortress
Category: Fortress in Shiroko pole
The ruins of the medieval fortress of Monyak is located in Rhodopes mountain at rocky peak called "Sixth fortress" (586 meters), 2 km south of the village of Shiroko Pole. It was built in XII-XIII century and used to be the main fortification of the Bulgarian rulers of the region at th...

Zimzelen

Rock phenomenon The Stone Wedding
Category: Rock-formation in Zimzelen
The "Stone Wedding" is magnificent natural phenomenon located south of village of Zimzelen (Eastern Rhodopes), 5km away from Kardzhali. Nature has left a very impressive stone formation which resembles a gathering of people, animals and birds. There is an interesting legend about The St...

Nenkovo

The Womb cave
Category: Cave in Nenkovo
This amazing Thracian megalith - The Womb Cave (aka "The Vagina") is located near village of Nenkovo. It was discovered in 2001. The temple is shaped like the opening to a vagina. It leads into a cave deep about 22 m. and wide 2.5 m. A human hand shaped it into a place of conception const...

Beli plast

Nature phenomenon The stone mushrooms
Category: Rock-formation in Beli plast
Natural Phenomenon "The Stone Mushrooms" (aka "The Rock Mushroom") is disposed at an area of about 30 000 m2, 1 km north-east of village Beli Plast, near the road connecting towns of Haskovo and Kardjali. These are rock formations which for millions of years have been shaped by...

Kurdjali

Attraction Children`s Railway
Category: Attraction in Kurdjali
The first children`s railway in Bulgaria was constructed in 1962 in town of Kardzhali. It is located in the city Park "Prostor" and has a length of 1210 m. After lots of years when the it was a symbol of the town, gradually, in the years after the end of the socialism, the facility has ne...

Kurdjali

Monument to the fallen for the liberation of Kardjali in the Balkan war
Category: Memorial in Kurdjali

Chiflik

Archaeological site in Klise basha locality
Category: Archaeological site in Chiflik
In the area Klise basha north of the village Chiflik (Kardjali region) is located an interesting archaeological complex of religious sites and tombs. It is linked with the nearby (at 2km) complex Perperikon, and today is included in the common tourist route with it. The most interesting object there...

Lisitsite

Rope bridge over Studen Kladenets dam
Category: Bridge in Lisitsite
The Rope bridge over the "Studen Kladenets" dam has a length of 260 meters and is the longest cable-stayed bridge in Bulgaria. It is built on one of the narrowest sections of the dam between the villages of Shiroko pole (at North) and Lisitisite (at South). This is the only pedestrian co...

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Art-gallery Stanka Dimitrova
Category: Gallery in Kurdjali
Art Gallery "Stanka Dimitrova" in Kardzhali was founded in 1961 as a branch of the National Art Gallery but in 1967 it was separated as a self-dependent institution. The gallery is housed in a historic building - a former Turkish konak (police building). The exposures include collecti...

Kurdjali

"The Old town" quarter
Category: Old architecture in Kurdjali
The architectural ensemble "The Old Town" in the town of Kardjali consists of old buildings located on the streets "Ivan Vazov" and "St. Kliment Ohridski". These are preserved and restored old construction built in Vazrajdane (Bulgarian Renaissance) style. Among the mo...

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