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| Added by: | Dari |
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Tags: | Asen, Fortress, fortresses, Rhodope, Mountains, mountain, Bulgaria, places, place, nature, natures, travel, trip, medieval, tsar, Ivan, top, tops, enormous, rock, rocks, bank, banks, Assenitsa, River, rivers, Assenovgrad, place, places, Roman, Byzantine, epochs, epoch, Ottoman, invasion, invasions, century, centuries, strategic, position, positions, frontier, stronghold, building, buildings, Church, churches, Holy, Mother, God, Mary, Petrich |
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Date: | 22.09.2014 19:46 |
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Played: | 1864 |
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Puzzle Ecards: | 0 |
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Description: Asen's Fortress is a medieval fortress, named after tsar Ivan Asen II, situated in the Rhodope Mountains on the top of an enormous rock on the left bank of the Assenitsa River, 3 km south of Assenovgrad. The fortress has been a busy place during both Roman and early Byzantine epochs. After the Ottoman invasion of the 14th century the fortress lost its strategic position as a frontier stronghold. The best-preserved building in the fortress is the Church of the Holy Mother of God (St. Mary of Petrich) which dates from 12 century.
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