Tsarevets Fortress

12th century1185Bulgaria

CountryBulgaria

RegionVeliko Tarnovo

Period12th century

Year Built1185

About Tsarevets Fortress

The primary fortress of the Second Bulgarian Empire. Baldwin I of Constantinople was imprisoned and allegedly killed here. The patriarchal cathedral was rebuilt in the 1980s. Perched on a hill surrounded by the Yantra River.

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