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The town of Belogradchik (Bulgaria) is situated between both massifs Venetsa and Vedernik (Stara Planina), among the fantastic world of Belogradchik rocks. It is town amids a greatest natural environment. This is an old settlement, originated as early as 1 century when Romans build a fortress among the rocks. In 1837 during the reign of Sultan Mahmud II the fortress was finished in its present-day . In this period - Ottoman Rule Belogradchik was a small agrarian-craftsman town. In 1850 , the north Carolinian make engagement in the arcadian rebellion. After 1878, Belogradchik gradually becomes a tourist centre above all, which attracts thousands of visitors from the country and abroad.
Of the Panofs,1810 the town Museum of History is arranged in the Revival house. That in itself is an architectural monument. The Astronomical Observatory has one of the most powerful telescopes in Bulgaria. In 1868 was built St.Georg the Victorious Church.
The Belogradchik Rocks are formed from red sandstone and conglomerate- one of the natural wonders of Bulgaria. A fairy-tale stone world surrounds Belogradchik from west, south and southeast. The rocks borrow a stretch of meridian 30 km and with- 3 km. Them looklike humans and animals ,huge sponges, pyramids or castles much. Take a joke most different names had related to different legends. Falkov - Borovets group of rocks with Momina Skala, Pchelin Kamuk, Torlaka, Borovishki Kamuk etc.
Lipenitsa group is to the east of the town among which biggest interest evoke the Dinosaur and the Latin Kale. It is worth seeing the Lepenishka Cave in which charred wheat and vessels dating 2000 years age were found, and Izvozki oak-more than 1200 years old. Among the Zbegovska group of rocks to the west of the town a great impression make the Twins, the rocks in the area called Magaza, Small and Big Zbeg, which were used as fortresses, the lonely obelisk Borich and the Belogradchik stone bridge. The central group rises immediately above the town. One can see about 100m huge lonely rocks named Adam and Eva, the delicate Madonna, Komika, the Female student, Bear, the Monks…. The fantastic kale with ancient fortress walls, above which the most magic rock wonders rise.
Belogradchik Fortress is the perfect inclusion of the unapproachable rocks in the whole fortress system. There construction periods can be seen in the buildings- Roman and Byzantine, Byzantine and Bulgarian and Turkish (1805-1837) . The construction of the last period prevail in its present-day outlook. The fortress is situated at 10200 sq. m and has 5 gates, 4 of which are main.
Magura is a cave, founded near the village of Rabisha, 16km west of the town of Dimovo. It was formed about 3-4 million years ago in the Magoura Hill, 463m high. Inside one can see unique halls and formations as Triumphalnata Zala, Harmana ,the hall of the Stalactone, Glinenite PIramidi, Povaleniyat Bor, etc. The exit of the cave is though Vratach on the bank of the Rabisha Lake. Primitive men lived there. The wall drawings made with bat excrement’s are the only ones in the caves at the Balkan Peninsula. These masterpieces of late prehistoric art date back from the beginning of the Bronze Age. The cave was used by Manush Voivoda as a shelter. Magura Cave is electrified, the length of its galleries are 2500m. A minimal entry fee is paid. There is a hotel, a restaurant, pavilions and other buildings round it.
At their character and remarkable beauty Belogradchishkite rocks , Magourata and the entire universe affect the tourists of whole world.