Displaying items by tag: Thracian heritage

Ancient, mediaeval and Ottoman forts evoke less-than-calm life

Ancient Thracian rock sanctuary inspires modern legends

Thracian rock sanctuary at Angel Voyvoda village mesmerises

Beauty may be in eye of beholder, but oddness is easier to define

The heritage of the ancient Thracians, a people that inhabited what is now Bulgaria between the 2nd millennium BC and the 7th century AD, includes lavishly decorated tombs, gold treasures, and mysterious rock shrines.

Spectacular shrine, ancient observatory near Bivolyane, in Rhodope

Tourist crowds tend to spoil places and Begliktash is not an exception. Located near Primorsko, on Bulgaria's crowded southern Black Sea coast, the Thracian megalithic shrine gets crammed in the holiday season. There are package tourists, there are independent visitors, and there are garish and sometimes rather kitschy reenactments of ancient Thracian rituals organised by the local authorities.

Dragon houses: until not that long ago, this was what Bulgarians called the squat, sturdy dolmens littering the low ridges of the Strandzha and Sakar mountains.

Former mosque provides glimpse into spiritual past

Enigmatic tomb on border with Turkey baffles historians