Ljutica Fortress is one of the best-preserved in its original appearance medieval fortresses in Bulgaria. It vies with the fortresses near the villages of Mezek Hollywood Homicide movie download , Matochina and others, which are considered as the best-preserved medieval fortresses in all Bulgaria.The fortress was built on Gradishteto, a Rhodopes peak overgrown with forest, situated six kilometers west of Ladja neighborhood of Ivailovgrad. Its walls, surrounding an area of 14 decares, are preserved to their original height of 6m and are 1.75m thick. They were built of processed stones soldered with white mortar. The defense line of the fortress was fortified with 12 towers, some of which are preserved almost to their original height of 9m. Most of them are rectangular but there are also semicircular, trapezoidal and octagonal towers. The towers were three stories high, topped with combat platforms and equipped with loopholes. The lower floors of the south towers were used as living rooms, while those of the north towers served as water reservoirs. Evidence for this can be found in the manner that climbing to the combat platform was organized in each tower. Getting to the platforms, in those used as living rooms, was done by climbing wooden staircases, while stone stairs, detached from the fortification walls, were used to get to the top of the ones used as water reservoirs.
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