The rocky niches are unique and characteristic monuments of the Thracian culture for the region of Eastern Rhodopes. Several groups of niches are registered within the region around the town of Madjarovo. Some of them nowadays are within medieval fortresses (Meneken Stones, Hisaria Peak, etc.). The niches in the area called Hambar kaia were chiseled out of interesting rock formations, situated at the saddle between two high peaks, 3.5km northwest of Madjarovo.
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The integrated territory of Ljubimetz, Ivailovgrad and Madjarovo municipalities covers 1,410km2. Also situated there are parts of the Eastern Rhodopes ridges Maglenik, Sarta, Gorata, Gradishte, as well as the southwest slopes of Sakar Mountain and the Maritza River valley surrounded by them. The Vetren peak, situated near the Bulgarian-Greek border, is 1,266 meters high and is the highest in the region. St. Marina (709m) and Sheinovec (704m) are the other high peaks in the region. The majority of the territory is hilly with deeply indented relief and obvious erosion processes along the Arda River Valley.
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