Matochina Fortress

Haskovo · Bulgaria

Matochina Fortress, Bulgaria
Photo: Evgeni Dinev from Burgas, Bulgaria, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
April to October
Budget
$
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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A lone Byzantine tower-fortress on a hill near the Turkish border, its tall brick keep rising from a village at the edge of the Sakar hills. It once anchored the empire's Thracian defensive line.

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