Fortresses

Highlights

1. 1

   Tsarevets

   The hill the Second Bulgarian Empire was ruled from

   1–2 h

   www.vacacionesbulgaria.com · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2. 2

   Belogradchik Fortress

   A fortress that used three sandstone massifs as its walls

   1–2 h

   Yanko Malinov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
3. 3

   Baba Vida

   Medieval castle in Vidin

   30 min–1.5 h

   Unknown · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
4. 4

   Asen's Fortress

   A church on a rock spur, and an inscription dating the walls to 1231

   45 min–1.5 h

   Todor Bozhinov / Тодор Божинов · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
5. 5

   Shumen Fortress

   A medieval town on a cliff edge, flattened in 1444 and never rebuilt

   45 min–1.5 h

   Ferad Zyulkyarov · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
6. 6

   Tsepina

   A Rhodope citadel on a cone of rock, and the seat of a rebel despot

   45 min–1.5 h

   Спасимир · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
7. 7

   Mezek Fortress

   Nine Byzantine towers on a hill, and a Thracian tomb in the same village

   45 min–1.5 h

   Klearchos Kapoutsis from Paleo Faliro, Greece · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
8. 8

   Nebet Tepe

   The acropolis hill of Plovdiv, inhabited for six thousand years

   30 min–1.5 h

   VladislavNedelev · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
9. 9

   Medzhidi Tabiya

   Fortress on the Danube

   30 min–1.5 h

   Vislupus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
10. 10

    Cherven

    Important medieval fortress of the Second Bulgarian Empire

    30 min–1.5 h

    Trygve W Nodeland · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
11. 11

    Sexaginta Prista

    Archaeological site

    30 min–1.5 h

    Rossen Radev · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
12. 12

    Hisarya Fortress

    Medieval stronghold

    30 min–1.5 h

    Nk · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
13. 13

    Samouil's Fortress

    Where the First Bulgarian Empire lost its army, in the summer of 1014

    30 min–1.2 h

    Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
14. 14

    Krakra

    Medieval fortress

    30 min–1.5 h

    Камен Ханджиев · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
15. 15

    Peristera fortress

    Fortress in town of Peshtera

    30 min–1.5 h

    Pgpanayotov · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
16. 16

    Tsari Mali Grad (Belchin)

    Fortress near Belchin

    30 min–1.5 h

    Ivanka Yordanova · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
17. 17

    Ravadinovo Castle

    A castle one man began building in 1996, and the most-visited paid sight on this coast

    1.5–3 h

    YANBG · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
18. 18

    Late antiqe and medieval fortress “TUIDA”

    Located in Sliven

    30 min–1.5 h

    Litev · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
19. 19

    Gorno Gradishte

    The upper citadel at Debelt, listed since 1965 and never presented

    20–45 min

    Vislupus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
20. 20

    Rusokastron

    Where Ivan Alexander beat a Byzantine emperor in 1332, on a rock above the plain

    1–2 h

    Vammpi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons