Rhodope Mountain Range:
Bulgaria
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The Rhodope Mountain range is found in southern Bulgaria and in Greece. Overall 83% of the
Rhodope Mountain range is situated in Bulgaria, mainly around the provinces of Smolian and
Plovdiv.
The Rhodope's are a total of two hundred and twenty kilometres in length and roughly one
hundred and twenty kilometres wide, thats a staggering surface area of 14,737 kilometres
squared.
Rhodope Mountain range is situated in Bulgaria, mainly around the provinces of Smolian and
Plovdiv.
The Rhodope's are a total of two hundred and twenty kilometres in length and roughly one
hundred and twenty kilometres wide, thats a staggering surface area of 14,737 kilometres
squared.
The highest peak in the Rhodope Mountain range is the huge Golyam Perelik which stands
2,191 metres above sea level and is the 7th highest peak in the whole of Bulgaria. Like most
mountain ranges in Bulgaria, the Rhodope Mountains are rich in natural thermal springs.
The mountain range is also the home of many significant historical and cultural monuments like
the Bachkovo Monastery found in the village of Bachkovo, the great Asen fortress found on the
outskirts of the city of Asenovgrad and the tiny village of Manastir that sites 1500 metres above
sea level giving it the title of the highest village in the country.
2,191 metres above sea level and is the 7th highest peak in the whole of Bulgaria. Like most
mountain ranges in Bulgaria, the Rhodope Mountains are rich in natural thermal springs.
The mountain range is also the home of many significant historical and cultural monuments like
the Bachkovo Monastery found in the village of Bachkovo, the great Asen fortress found on the
outskirts of the city of Asenovgrad and the tiny village of Manastir that sites 1500 metres above
sea level giving it the title of the highest village in the country.
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There is a large amount of mythology surrounding the Rhodope Mountains as they are said to
get their name from Queen Rhodope who ruled Thrace with her King Haemus. The story says
that due to wrong doings by the Royal Thracian pair, Zeus the God of thunder and the skys and
Hera the Goddess of marriage turned Queen Rhodope in to the mountain range we see today.
The Rhodope Mountains are also said to be the birth place of Orpheus, the father of song in
Greek mythology and his wife named Eurydice who was a nymph that died from a serpent bite
while trying to escape from Aristaeus, a minor God and son of Apollo.
get their name from Queen Rhodope who ruled Thrace with her King Haemus. The story says
that due to wrong doings by the Royal Thracian pair, Zeus the God of thunder and the skys and
Hera the Goddess of marriage turned Queen Rhodope in to the mountain range we see today.
The Rhodope Mountains are also said to be the birth place of Orpheus, the father of song in
Greek mythology and his wife named Eurydice who was a nymph that died from a serpent bite
while trying to escape from Aristaeus, a minor God and son of Apollo.
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