Silent Stones is one of the biggest Thracian cult burial complexes in the Eastern Rhodopes. It originated during the Early Iron Age (12th-6th Century BC) and was used also during Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
The site is located on top of a four-rock massif, divided by deep canyons. The rocky tomb of a famous member of the Thracian aristocracy holds a central space in the site. There are traces of an unfinished tomb to the west.
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The architectural monument – obelisk of the perished during the Balkan War in the year 1912 was erected in 1941 at the Sheinovec peak, in the land between the villages of Valche Pole and Malko Gradishte.
The peak itself is connected to the beginning of the Balkan War in 1912. According to the Bulgarian secret services, on October 4, 1912, the Ottoman battalion on the Kurtkale peak numbered around 100 soldiers and two more small brigades were situated nearby. Commanding authorities of the Bulgarian military were preparing for an assault on the peak with the aim of seizing it, since the place is convenient for scanning the valleys of the Arda and Maritsa rivers and the Edirne Valley. Access to the peak is exceptionally difficult. The slopes from the south and northwest descend vertically and are inaccessible, while the eastern slope is rocky and steep. Climbing to the top was possible only via one path, meandering between the rocks and bushes.
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During 1964, while building a dam 1.5km southwest of the residential
Ivailovgrad district of Ladja, builders happened upon traces of an ancient building. The archeological excavations that followed revealed remains from antiquity of a villa from the period of Roman dominion of the land. It became popular by the name
Villa Armira, derived from the name of a small river (a tributary of the Arda River) on whose banks the villa is built.The ancient
Villa Armira is an impressive complex of residential and economic buildings on a territory of 2,200m2. The residential area covers 978m2, embracing a huge inner yard and surrounded by a closed gallery with columns and a swimming pool in the middle. The residential rooms – dining room, living room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, etc., are situated around the pool. The heating of the rooms was carried out using hypocaust, an under-floor system in which the floor of the building is raised on columns built from brickwork or ceramic pipes, among which warm air circulates, heated by a specially built fireplace.
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The present landscape throughout this part of the country is very different from that of a few centuries ago. The relief of the region has remained unchanged throughout the past ten millennia, but the other elements of the surrounding scenery suffered significant changes. The first major difference in comparison with the past is that, during antiquity, the region was covered with centuries-old forests. According to some documents from the 17th Century, not only the mountains were covered with thick forests, but also the river valleys. The settlements and the cultivated agricultural lands were tiny islands among the surrounding forests. The clearing of the forests started after the 18th Century, when the population growth in that region forced the people to search for new lands to cultivate. Parallel with that, timber from the region was being transported with rafts over the Maritza River to meet the necessities of the towns of Edirne and Tsarigrad. The rivers in the past were much deeper because of the existence of huge forests, as well as some less significant differences in the climate of the region.
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Madjarovo municipality is situated in the Eastern Rhodopes and possesses extremely beautiful natural resources. With its beautiful and preserved nature, interesting rock formations along the
Arda River Valley and with its
archeological and
historic monuments, the municipality offers excellent possibilities for getting some distance from the dynamics and stress of the city for a complete and pleasant rehabilitation, surrounded by silent, calm and beautiful nature. There are interesting places, glades with flowers and a number of protected flora and fauna species among the copper-beech forests and rock massifs.
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Ljubimetz municipality is situated at the eastern part of the Haskovo Region and international highway Е-80 passes through it. The municipality is situated on a geographical crossroad connecting Western and Central Europe with the Middle East, Asia and North Africa. The municipal center – the town of Ljubimetz – is situated 40km away from the regional center, the city of Haskovo; 9km away from the border with Greece; and 12km away from the border with Turkey.
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