| Northern Thrace | |
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| State | Bulgaria |
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Northern Thrace of the Bulgaria.
To know
Territories and tourist destinations
Northern Thrace: full screen map.Urban centers
- Haskovo (Хасково)
- Jambol (Ямбол)
- Kardschali (Кърджали)
- Pasardschik (Пазарджик)
- Plovdiv (Пловдив) - Second city of the Bulgaria by population, Plovdiv it is renowned for the beauty of its historic center and for the ruins of the Hellenistic and Roman period, when it was known as Filippopoli.
- Sliven (Сливен)
- Stara Zagora (Стара Загора) - Founded by the Thracians and known in Roman times as Ulpia Augusta Traiana, Stara Zagora is today a modern city of about 150,000 inhabitants.
Other destinations
- 1 "Devil's Throat" cave (Dyavolsko Garlo)
- 2 Shipka Pass - Mountain pass at an altitude of 1190 meters above sea level crossed by the state road n ° 5 in the section between the cities of Gabrovo to the north and Stara Zagora to the south. There is a monument in memory of the fallen in a series of battles for the conquest of the pass that took place between 1877 and 1878, between the Russian army and Bulgarian volunteers on one side and the Ottoman Empire on the other.
- 3 Shiroka Laka (Широка лъка) - Traditional Bulgarian village on the northern slope of the Rhodope Mountains, famous for its architecture and folklore.
How to get
How to get around
What see
Fortress of Asen
Thracian Tomb of Sveštari
- 1 Fortress of Asen (Asenova krepost, Асенова крепост) - Fortress 30 km from Plovdiv with buildings and churches in ruins built on the edge of vertiginous precipices.
- 2 Devil's Throat Cave () —
- 3 Bačkovo Monastery (Bačkovski manastir, Бачковски манастир) - A small 11th-century monastery frequented by pilgrims for an icon of the Madonna kept inside.
- 4 Perperikon (Перперикон) - Unidentified ruins of a sacred place on top of a 500m rocky hill. overlooking the village of Gorna Krepost ("Fortress above"). It is assumed that the sanctuary was devoted to the cult of Dionysus. A visitor reception center was built at a cost of € 2,000,000.
- 5 Thracian Tomb of Kazanlăk (Kazanlǎška grobnica, Казанлъшка гробница) - Vaulted tomb from the 4th century BC, famous for the frescoes that decorate the interior. In 1979 the tomb was included in the UNESCO list of world heritage sites.
