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generalinformation

There are many natural landmarks in Bulgaria, and their orm

and appearance are quite diverse. Dominating are the rock

phenomena, however, which, with their odd shapes, have

attracted the human imagination or thousands o years. Many

ancient legends are told about them.

They are scattered throughout the country and they had been

created by the natural elements - wind, water and sun, which

have worked or millions o years on their masterpieces, which

nowadays attract our admiration.

Among the most amous natural phenomena that attract

thousands o tourists, are Belogradchik Rocks, the Woderul

Bridges, the Stone Mushrooms, the Petriied Wedding, the Fossil

Forest, the Elephant, the Lion Head, the Reselesh Dolls, the Melnik

and Katina Pyramids, the Stob Pyramids, Ritlite and the Three

brothers.


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Belogradchik Rocks are locatednear the town o Belogradchik.

They are a rock complex with

a total length o 30 kilometers

and total width o 6-7 kilometers.

The reddish tinge o the rock

ormations is due to the iron

oxide content.

There are several rock groups.The irst group is situated near

the town o Belogradchik. It

includes the most amous rock

ormations with interesting

names such as the Rider, the

Maiden, the Dervish, Adam and

Eve, the Mushrooms, the Lion,

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the Monks, the Bear, the Castle,

the Little Shepherd.

Each rock is associated with an

interesting old legend. Another

impressive group o rocks

is located west o the town.

The Belogradchik Fortress islocated near the rocks and

receives many visitors too. The

rocks were declared a natural

landmark in 1949.


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The Wonderul Bridges is

another popular landmark

that attracts many visitors. The

rock bridges are located in the

Rhodope Mountain near the

village o Zabardo.

In the past, the bridges used to

be a cave, which ormed under

the crumbling activity o the

river waters. During the years,

parts o it collapsed, orming

majestic marble bridges. The

large bridge is about 15 meters

wide in its widest parts and it

is almost 100 meters long. The

smaller bridge is 60 meters long,

its overall height is 50 meters

and the height o its arch is 30

meters. There is a third smaller

bridge behind it.

The bridges were declared a

natural landmark in 1949.

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4 kilometers rom the town

o Devin, on the road to the

village o Nastan, there is an

interesting landmark, that the

local people call the Elephant.

It is a rock ormation that

resembles the silhouette o the

great animal.

It is assumed that the opening

between the mouth and the

trunk o the elephant used to

be a cave opening, rom which

lowed a spring. Perhaps

the water o this spring has

ormed the wonderul rock

ormation.

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The Stone Mushrooms is a rock

ormation, located east o the

village o Beli Plast, on the road

between Haskovo and Kardzhali.

It was declared a natural

landmark in 1974.

The rocks resemble natural

mushrooms, but with a height

o 2.5 meters. The green color o

the hats and the pink color o the

stumps are due to the specifc

minerals, which are included in

the structure o the ormations.

The mushrooms were ormed as

a result o underwater volcanic

activity and were shaped by wind

and sun ater the withdrawal o

water.

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The Petrifed Wedding is a rock

phenomenon, located near the

town o Kardzhali, close to the

village o Zimzelen. It is also

known as the Stone Wedding.

Like the Stone Mushrooms, the

Petrifed Wedding was ormed as

a result o underwater volcanic

activity.

The rock ormation resembles a

group o people. Hence comes

their name, which is associated

with a legend. According to that

legend, the guests o the wedding

travelled to the nearby village,

when the wind blew away the

veil o the bride. The ather in law,

who saw her beauty, elt envious

o his son and desired to be with

her instead. Nature outraged

and petrifed all guests o the

wedding.

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The natural phenomenon the

Fossil Forest, also known with

names the Stone Forest and

Dikilitash, is located 18-20

kilometers rom Varna and a

ew kilometers rom the town

o Beloslav. It is a group o

stone columns up to 10 meters

high, hollow or solid cylinders,

truncated cones, various

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by shape and size boulders

and multiple stone pieces.

They were declared a natural

landmark in 2002. Many o

the rocks have names, given

or their whimsical shapes.

Legends are told about some

o them.


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In the Ropotamo reserve,

at the right bank o the

eponymous river, high on

the hill, stands a rock in the

shape o a lions head.

It can also be seen rom

the road, but the best sight

is rom the river. For this

purpose, you can take a ride

on any o the tourist boats

that oer trips along the river.

The mouth o Ropotamo is

located near by.

There are several legends

about the Lion Head.

Accord ing to one o them, it

used to keep a gold treasure

hidden in a nearby well.

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The interesting rocks are located

just 500 meters rom the village

Reselets, 6 kilometers rom the

town o Cherven Bryag. They are

situated in a karst area with many

natural landmarks. Some o the

rock ormations bear names such

as the Gateway, the Elephant, the

Old Man and are associated with

interesting legends.

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The Melnik pyramids are rock

ormations, covering an area

o 50 square kilometers near

the town o Melnik.

They are conditionally divided

into three shares - Melnik,

Rozhen and Karlanovo

pyramids. They were declared a


The pyramids were ormed due

to soil erosion in the area.

The pyramids in the village

Karlanovo impress with their

shape o obelisks and their

height, which reaches 100

meters.

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The Katina pyramids are

located at the end o the

village o Katina, near Soa

city. They have an interesting

rubiginous color, and their

shape is a result o erosion o

delluvial soils, pulled o the

mountain.

They were ormed by the

rain over millions o years,

but in the recent decades,

due to the orestation in the

region, they have started

melting. The pyramids were

declared a natural landmark

in 1962.

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The Stob pyramids are located

in the Rila Mountain, near the

village o Stob. The width o

the pyramids is 30-40 meters,

their average height is 6-10

meter and at some places

it reaches 12 meters. Most

o the pyramids are located

on the southern slope. Their

color varies rom light yellow

to dark brown and red. Their

picturesque compositions baer

various names - the Towers,

the Crags, Samodivski Komini,

the Pinnacles, the Brothers, the

Matchmakers, etc.

The pyramids were declared a


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The rock ormation the Three

brothers is located in the area o

Kazanite near the town o Aytos.

They are a symbol o the town

and were declared a natural

landmark in 1972. According to

the legend, three giant brothers

deended the local population.

They battled all day and came

back to rest in the evening. They

turned into three rocks to hide

rom the attackers.

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Ritlite is a rock phenomenon,

located in the Iskar Gorge

near the village o Lyutibrod.

The phenomenon includes

our almost parallel vertical

rock walls, 200 meters long.

The name o the natural

landmark comes rom its

similarity with the side walls

o an oxcart (ritli).

Remains o old ortress

walls can be seen at the

crags - the medieval village

o Korintgrad was located

east o the rocks. Ritlite was

declared a natural landmark

in 1938.

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The project is nanced by the European Regional Development Fund

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