Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Markeli, Palace of Omurtag, Tsarevets, Anevo Fortress, Matochina, Kaliakra, Mezek, Cherven, Belogradchik Fortress, Baba Vida, Asenova Krepost, Gugutka, Lyutitsa, Storgosia, List of Castles in Bulgaria, Krasen. Excerpt: Coordinates: 4240 40 N 2444 2 E / 42.67778N 24.73389E / 42.67778; 24.73389 Ruins of Anevo Fortress Farther view The Anevo Fortress (Bulgarian:, Anevsko kale ) or Kopsis ( ) is a medieval castle in central Bulgaria, the ruins of which are located some 3 kilometres (1.9 mi ) from the village of Anevo in Sopot Municipality, Plovdiv Province . Constructed in the first half of the 12th century, it lies on a steep hilltop at the southern foot of the Balkan Mountains, not far from the Stryama river. In the end of the 13th century, the fortress was the capital of a small short-lived quasi-independent domain ruled by the brothers of Tsar Smilets of Bulgaria, Voysil and Radoslav. History and architecture The hill where the Anevo Fortress is situated has been populated since no later than Antiquity (3rd 1st century BC), with habitation also evident throughout the Ancient Roman (1st 4th century), early Byzantine (5th 6th century) and Bulgarian (11th 14th century) periods of rule. The castle reached its heyday in the last quarter of the 13th century, when under the rule of the Bulgarian nobles ( bolyari ) Voysil and Radoslav it was the capital of a quasi-independent realm. The domain comprised the landholdings of the two renegade brothers of Tsar Smilets, which lay between the Balkan Mountains and Sredna Gora, approximately from modern Sliven west to Kopsis. The Anevo Fortress is dominated by its fortified inner city or citadel, surrounded by defensive walls with gates and towers. The entire fortress was around 7,000 8,000 square metres (75,000 86,000 sq ft ) in a...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Castles in Bulgaria: Markeli, Palace of Omurtag, Tsarevets, Anevo Fortress, Matochina, Kaliakra, Mezek, Cherven, Belogradchik Fortress. To get started finding Castles in Bulgaria: Markeli, Palace of Omurtag, Tsarevets, Anevo Fortress, Matochina, Kaliakra, Mezek, Cherven, Belogradchik Fortress, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Castles in Bulgaria: Markeli, Palace of Omurtag, Tsarevets, Anevo Fortress, Matochina, Kaliakra, Mezek, Cherven, Belogradchik Fortress
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Markeli, Palace of Omurtag, Tsarevets, Anevo Fortress, Matochina, Kaliakra, Mezek, Cherven, Belogradchik Fortress, Baba Vida, Asenova Krepost, Gugutka, Lyutitsa, Storgosia, List of Castles in Bulgaria, Krasen. Excerpt: Coordinates: 4240 40 N 2444 2 E / 42.67778N 24.73389E / 42.67778; 24.73389 Ruins of Anevo Fortress Farther view The Anevo Fortress (Bulgarian:, Anevsko kale ) or Kopsis ( ) is a medieval castle in central Bulgaria, the ruins of which are located some 3 kilometres (1.9 mi ) from the village of Anevo in Sopot Municipality, Plovdiv Province . Constructed in the first half of the 12th century, it lies on a steep hilltop at the southern foot of the Balkan Mountains, not far from the Stryama river. In the end of the 13th century, the fortress was the capital of a small short-lived quasi-independent domain ruled by the brothers of Tsar Smilets of Bulgaria, Voysil and Radoslav. History and architecture The hill where the Anevo Fortress is situated has been populated since no later than Antiquity (3rd 1st century BC), with habitation also evident throughout the Ancient Roman (1st 4th century), early Byzantine (5th 6th century) and Bulgarian (11th 14th century) periods of rule. The castle reached its heyday in the last quarter of the 13th century, when under the rule of the Bulgarian nobles ( bolyari ) Voysil and Radoslav it was the capital of a quasi-independent realm. The domain comprised the landholdings of the two renegade brothers of Tsar Smilets, which lay between the Balkan Mountains and Sredna Gora, approximately from modern Sliven west to Kopsis. The Anevo Fortress is dominated by its fortified inner city or citadel, surrounded by defensive walls with gates and towers. The entire fortress was around 7,000 8,000 square metres (75,000 86,000 sq ft ) in a...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Castles in Bulgaria: Markeli, Palace of Omurtag, Tsarevets, Anevo Fortress, Matochina, Kaliakra, Mezek, Cherven, Belogradchik Fortress. To get started finding Castles in Bulgaria: Markeli, Palace of Omurtag, Tsarevets, Anevo Fortress, Matochina, Kaliakra, Mezek, Cherven, Belogradchik Fortress, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.