Bulgaria
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- Bulgaria intro
- Bulgarians
- Bulgarian Culture - Culture of Bulgaria
- Bulgarian Folklore - Folklore of Bulgaria
- Bulgarian Music - Music of Bulgaria
- Bulgarian Cuisine - Gastronomy of Bulgaria
- Albena
- Aladzha Monastery
- Arbanassi Village - Arbanassi Monasteries
- Bachkovo Monastery
- Belintash Thracian Sanctuary
- Belogradchik
- Cherepish Monastery
- Glozhene Monastery - St George the Victorious
- Iskar River
- Kilifarevo Monastery
- Koprivshtitsa - Koprivstitza
- Kokalyane Monastery
- Kremikovtsi Monastery
- Kupinovo Monastery - Kapinovo Monastery
- Kuklen Monastery
- Kyustendil
- Magura Cave
- Melnik
- Rozhen Monastery
- Ovech Castle
- Petrich Kale - Petrich Fortress
- Pirin National Park - Pirin Mountain
- Pliska
- Plovdiv
- Rhodope Mountains
- Rila Monastery - Rila Mountain
- Rose Valley
- Rousse
- Shipka National Park
- Smolyan
- Sofia
- Sozopol
- Troyan Monastery
- Veliko Tarnovo
- Vidin
- Zemen Monastery
Koordinate: 42°42'N 23°20'E / 42.700°N 23.333°E
Površina: 110.994 sq km
Broj stanovnika: 7.537.929
Glavni grad: Sofia
Valuta: Lev
Magura Cave
Magura Cave is situated near Rabisha village, 25 km northwest of Belogradchik, 35 away from Vidin. Magura Cave is one of the biggest caves in Bulgaria and a monument of culture and national tourist sight. The surface of the floor is over 30000 sq m and the length of the galleries found up to now is about 2500 meters. There are big and small galleries in the cave. The formations of the Magura Cave are fantastic – stalactites, stalagmites, stalactones – The Madonna, the Dragon, the snowy little pines, lakes, cave pearls... Some of them fascinate not only with their beauty but also with their size – the Big Stalactone is 20 meters high and 4 meters in diameter. There are unique drawings in the Magura Cave and there are hundreds of them. Drawings date back to different ages – from 10000 BC to the early Bronze Age. The drawings show religious and hunting scenes, numbers information, dancing male and female figures, two-headed female image, hunters, animals, stars, tools, plants. The Solar Calendar from the Late Eneolith is of great interest. It consists of symbols for 366 twenty-four hour periods that stand for one year according to the Gregorian calendar. The Calendar shows important astronomy events – winter and summer solstice and vernal and autumnal equinox. The fossils found prove that wild prehistoric animals used to live in the region around the cave. The excavations show that the cave was inhabited 12000 years ago. Six housing levels were distinguished. The dwellings were built from wooden stakes, interwoven with sticks, plastered with clay mixed with straw. Tools were made of stone and deer horns.











