Village Gorna krepost
Перперикон се извисява на скален връх с кота 470 м. В подножието му се намира с. Горна крепост.
Perperikon. The ancient sanctuary Perperikon is a huge rock massif in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains, which is believed to have arisen about 8,000 years ago. The stone monument rises 15 kilometers from Kardzhali, near the Perpereshta River, from which it is said that ancient people mined gold. For the first time, the archaeological complex was described by Prof. Ivan Velkov in 1930, but the place gained publicity as a result of the research of Prof. Nikolay Ovcharov. During the Late Bronze Age, Perperikon became a grandiose sanctuary. Many facts lead us to think that it was precisely in Perperikon that the famous sanctuary of the god Dionysus was located. Perperikon, together with that of Apollo in Delphi, are the two most significant oracles in antiquity. Perperikon consists of four parts: a powerful fortress - the Acropolis, a Palace-sanctuary, which is immediately below the Acropolis from the southeast, and northern and southern suburbs. Many temples and buildings were built on the hills. Wide streets were carved out, along which every visitor could walk. On the sides of each street, houses were preserved, carved into the rock itself. In the eastern part of the Acropolis, a huge Basilica was carved out. The Basilica was most likely an ancient temple, and during the time of Christianity it became a church. From the basilica to the interior of the Acropolis, a covered colonnade, a portico, leads, the columns of which have survived to this day. From the data of ancient and medieval authors, it is known that such porticoes were built only in large cities and significant cult complexes.
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City Pliska
Плиска е първата столица на България.Намира се на 6,2 km северозападно от град Нови пазар
Pliska is the first capital of Bulgaria and the cradle of the present-day Bulgarian state. Founded by Khan Isperih (Asparuh) in 681. Pliska is, in addition to being the capital, one of the largest and richest cities in Europe and the world. The entire walled complex is located on an area of 0.5 sq. km. The city was gigantic for medieval scales – 23.3 sq. km. The palace of Khan Krum was built on 500 sq. m and is among the most remarkable monuments. The palace had a reservoir and spacious baths. The second expansion of the city is associated with the reign of Khan Omurtag (814 – 831). He completed the fortress walls, built pagan temples and built the so-called Throne Hall. In the Inner City, the best-preserved building is the Great Palace. In the Outer City, remains of dwellings, workshops, neighborhood churches and farm buildings have been discovered. 1.3 km from the eastern gate of the Inner City is the Great Basilica – the largest Christian temple in Southeastern Europe since the time of the conversion of the Bulgarian people. The discovered remains have been preserved and are set up as an open-air museum, which can be visited even during non-working hours. Finds from the reserve are exhibited in the museum exhibition and are mainly related to the daily life, material and spiritual culture of the inhabitants of the old capital.
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City Belogradchik
Белоградчишката крепост е непосредствено до град Белоградчик,
The Belogradchik Rocks are the main tourist destination in Northwestern Bulgaria, together with: the town of Belogradchik, the Belogradchik Fortress, which uses part of the rocks as natural protection, and the Magurata Cave, located near the village of Rabisha. Another tourist attraction in the area is the medieval Baba Vida Fortress in the town of Vidin on the Danube River. The Belogradchik Fortress is a fortress located directly next to the town of Belogradchik, Bulgaria. Historically, the fortress is the largest cultural landmark of the town of Belogradchik. The main tourist flow in the area is directed to the Belogradchik Fortress and the Belogradchik Rocks. The Belogradchik Fortress is one of the best-preserved fortresses in Bulgaria and has been declared a cultural monument of national importance. The fortress was built at a time when these territories were within the borders of the Roman Empire. The construction of the former Roman fortress used exclusively the natural rock formations found here. In practice, fortress walls were built only from the northwest and southeast. On the other sides, the fortress yard is surrounded by natural rock massifs over 70 meters high. Initially, the Belogradchik fortress had mainly observational functions, not strictly defensive ones. In the 14th century, Tsar Ivan Sratsimir expanded the old fortification by building fortress garrisons in front of the existing barrier rock massifs. During his reign, the fortress became one of the most important fortifications in the region, second only to the Vidin Fortress, which served as Sratsimir's castle. During the conquest of Bulgaria by the Ottoman Empire, the Belogradchik Fortress was captured in 1396. During the Ottoman rule, the Turks expanded the fortress due to the increased haidush and revolutionary activity in the region. Actual changes to the structure of the fortress were made at the beginning of the 19th century.
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City Targovishte
Крепостта „Мисионис” се намира на 7 км от град Търговище, на едно от възвишенията на Преславската планина
Misionis is an ancient Bulgarian city from the era of early Byzantine culture (5th - 7th centuries) and medieval Bulgarian culture (9th - 14th centuries). It is mentioned three times in the book "Entertainment of the Longing to Travel the Countries" by Muhammad al-Idrisi. It is believed that the mentioned Misionis coincides with a medieval Bulgarian city located 7 kilometers from the city of Targovishte, in the Preslav Mountains. It is part of the Hundred National Tourist Sites. In the 1960s, the ruins of a fortress were discovered, located on an area of 19 decares, which local legend associates with the victory of Khan Krum over the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros. Fortress walls with towers, two basilicas (5th - 7th centuries), an early Bulgarian settlement (9th - 10th centuries), a gate of the late medieval fortress (12th - 14th centuries) mark the beginning. Misionis was a large and flourishing, commercial and spiritual Christian center, which existed from the beginning of the 4th to the end of the 14th century. A description is given to us in the 12th century by the Arab traveler Al-Idrisi. He tells of “…a large, populous city, founded in ancient times... There is an office for Russia in it. It is a flourishing city. It has populous markets and abundant natural resources. It is located on a mountain.” The fortifications surround an area of 120 decares, and at its peak in the 14th century the city spread over 700 decares. For ten centuries, Misionis played a key role in the trade of early Byzantium and the Bulgarian medieval state, with importance for the defense of the Bulgarian capitals Veliki Preslav and Veliko Tarnovo. The flourishing city was mercilessly plundered, destroyed and burned by the Ottoman conquerors at the end of the 14th century. Today, the findings from the explorations of the town of Misionis are displayed in the permanent Archaeological exhibition of the Regional History Museum - Targovishte. The fortress can be visited independently /free/
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City Vidin
Замъка-цитадела във гр. Видин - Видинска крепост.
The castle-citadel in the city of Vidin - Vidin Fortress - Bulgaria The Vidin Fortress is a medieval castle in the old capital city of Vidin. This is the only fully preserved castle in Bulgaria. It served as the residence of the Vidin kings during the Middle Ages (with barracks for the guards and other office premises). The castle is located on the northwestern bank of the large bend of the Danube River near the city of Vidin. The first construction activities on the castle date back to the period of the First Bulgarian Kingdom. The construction of the actual castle began in the 10th century. Byzantine chronicles indicate that the Vidin fortress (not to be confused with the castle) withstood an 8-month siege by Byzantine troops led by Emperor Basil II in 1003. The Byzantines nevertheless entered the fortress, but with bribery and deception. Throughout the period of the Second Bulgarian Empire, the fortress surrounding medieval Bdin and its castle was the most important fortification in Northwestern Bulgaria. As for the castle, its greatest expansion was under Tsar Ivan Sratsimir, who ruled the Vidin Kingdom and for whom the castle was the royal residence. "Baba Vida" is a castle-museum, open to visitors since 1958, a cultural monument of national importance since 1964, on the list of the Hundred National Tourist Sites of the Bulgarian Tourist Union. The museum preserves and presents finds and information about the history of the castle. Reenactments in the museum recreate the former atmosphere of the castle. In the passage between the southeastern outer and inner walls on the Danube side, in 1964, a stage for a summer theater with 350 seats was built, where the "Vidin Theater Days" festival is held. Art exhibitions are held, most often in the central courtyard. Visit Vidin to see the Castle and enjoy the warm welcome, as well as to try traditional Bulgarian cuisine.
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City Veliki Preslav
Националният историко-археологически резерват и музей Велики Преслав е разположен върху останките на старата българска столица Велики Преслав.
Veliki Preslav the capital of the Bulgarian Empire The Golden Age of Bulgaria and Tsar Simeon the Great The city arose in the second half of the 9th century during the reign of Tsar Boris I (852 – 889) as a military camp with a fortified palace and garrison, located 30 km from the capital of the First Bulgarian State Pliska. In 893, after the Preslav Church-People's Council, the city was declared the capital of Bulgaria, and also became the seat of the first Bulgarian literary school. The Preslav literary school developed as an important literary and cultural center in Bulgaria, where prominent medieval writers and scholars Naum Ohridski, Konstantin Preslavski, John Exarch, Presbyter Cosmas, Chernorizets Hrabar, Tudor Doksov and others served. The city became one of the most beautiful and majestic cities in Southeast Europe, from which significant monuments of the Pliskovo-Preslav culture were preserved. The outer city was surrounded by white stone walls. The constructions of the gates, towers and walls are similar to those in Pliska. The inner city was also surrounded by a wall, where the royal palace complex was located: majestic stone palaces such as the Great Palace and the Throne Palace with columns, as well as the one richly decorated with mosaics, marble and ceramic icons, the round church and others. The Golden Age For me, Tsar Simeon is the man to whom we owe even our existence today. Because he did the impossible. For 30 years, he raised Bulgaria to the heights of the "universe", the Bulgarians were equal to the Romans/romei/. He made every effort for literature, from an uneducated people, the Bulgarians can rightly be said to be on a par with the Romans in terms of education. Trade flourished everywhere throughout the vast borders of the state. Construction was on the rise. Veliki Preslav was the crown in this comprehensive construction. Bulgarian diplomacy was even better than that of the Romans. He was an exceptional statesman, the likes of which Bulgaria had not known for a long time. Let's start with literature - in a manuscript from the 17th century the following inscription was found: "Simeon the Bulgarian king wrote many books and, like King David, played on golden strings and loved books more than anyone else." More than a century ago, the famous Byzantologist Alfred Rimbaud wrote in his famous work "The Greek Empire in the 10th Century": "Simeon was Charlemagne (Charlemagne) for Bulgaria, more educated than our Charlemagne and much happier than him, because he laid the foundation of a national literature". Tsar Simeon the Great was fortunate to attract the attention of his contemporary-creator. And how could he not, when he was a subject in history, the driver of the historical process itself, and in the true sense of this concept. Because he truly creates history and on a large scale.
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City Kalofer
Растоянието от Калофер до Райското пръскало е 37 км.
The “Raiskoto Praskalo” waterfall with its 124.5 m. height is the highest waterfall not only in Bulgaria, but also on the Balkan Peninsula. It is located in the Stara Planina Mountains, on the southern slope below the peak - Botev Peak. “Raiskoto Praskalo” is on the territory of the “Dzhendema” reserve, which is part of the “Central Balkan” national park. It was declared a protected natural site in 1965. The waterfall was formed by the melting snows of Botev Peak. At the foot of the waterfall is the “Rai”(or Paradise) hut - a starting point for visiting it. It is convenient for sleeping or resting before climbing Botev Peak. The ascent to the Paradise hut and the waterfall is a real experience. You will see the wonderful nature, and you may also see various animals on the way. There are very good markings and comfortable paths in the forest, where you can enjoy wonderful bridges, streams and there are also beautiful fountains. The road to the waterfall is excellent for walking - especially during the warm seasons. Near it is the Paradise hut, which is a starting point for many routes. The main route to Botev Peak passes through the hut and near the Raiskoto Praskalo. During the hike, you can enjoy the diverse nature, which includes not only magnificent views, but also rich flora and fauna. You can visit Paradise Hut which offers delicious food and a place to rest. It is a few hundred meters from the “Raiskoto Praskalo”. An excellent place to relax over the weekend, the nature around it is very beautiful, there are forests and wide meadows, and even horses. The area and nature are impressive, and the rocks attract many rock climbing enthusiasts. And despite the fact that it is visited by numerous tourists, the waterfall and the area have retained their intact and clean appearance. Keep it clean when you go there too. The distance from the town of Kalofer to Raiskoto Praskalo is 37 km. You can also go from the village of Ostrets. The distance is 35 km.
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Village Kabile
The ancient city of Kabile is located 2 km from the village of Kabile and 7 km from the town of Yambol.
Kabile is the largest Thracian ancient city, the remains of which have survived to this day. Kabile is located near the city of Yambol The first archaeological studies on the territory of Kabile were carried out in 1912 by Prof. Bogdan Filov. In 1927, the territory on which Kabile was located was declared a national antiquity. According to ancient sources, Kabile was a center of particular importance for Southeastern Thrace. The city was founded around 2000 BC However, in addition to history, Kabile is also known for a beautiful legend. On one of the rocks is carved a relief image of the Great Mother of the Gods, Cybele. The Thracians believed that the goddess Cybele founded their city, which is why it was called Kabile. Kabile was also famous for its mint, the only one in Thrace where coins of bronze and silver were minted. The first coins that appeared with the image of a ruler were minted during the reign of King Spartok. During the reign of this ruler, its inhabitants enjoyed a good harvest and peace. One day, however, the king fell from a high cliff and died, and his death filled all the inhabitants of Kabile with sadness. Observing how the Thracians refused to return to their normal daily lives, the goddess Kabile intervened to restore their faith. Near the city were two massive fortresses, and the goddess promised that she would plant a vineyard next to them, from whose fruits they would be able to make juice, and the juice would bear the greatness of King Spartok. Then the priests of the city invented a ritual to wake up every morning and greet mother earth with songs until the fruits of the vineyard ripened. After some time, the vine began to give the sweetest and juiciest fruit, and the Thracians decided to turn it into juice, which they called wine. The drink turned the city into a trading center and thus became even richer and more prosperous. Since then, the region of the current city of Yambol has been famous as the successor to the ancient Thracian traditions in winemaking, dating back to the era of Kabyle, and the wine still preserves the divinity of the great Cybele. In 71 BC the city became part of the Roman Empire after being conquered by the army of Marcus Lucullus and after 45 AD it was part of the Roman province of Thrace. Kabyle was one of the main cities in its province after the reforms of Emperor Diocletian in the 4th century. Building inscriptions from the Roman emperors Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Caracalla, Alexander Severus, Aurelian, and Galerius have been preserved. The International Fair of Tourist Entertainment and Animation is also held in Kabile. You can visit it. You can also enjoy the good Bulgarian cuisine.
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