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Why visit Monyak
Monyak is a 12th-century medieval fortress in the Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria, mentioned in the chronicles of the Fourth Crusade as Chastel de Moniac in Old French. It had a strategic role in protecting the Zhelezna Vrata Pass.
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Shiroko pole, Bulgaria
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Fortress
History
Monyak is a 12th-century medieval fortress in the Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria, mentioned in the chronicles of the Fourth Crusade as Chastel de Moniac in Old French. It had a strategic role in protecting the Zhelezna Vrata Pass.
“Monyak is a 12th-century medieval fortress in the Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria, mentioned in the chronicles of the Fourth Crusade as Chastel de Moniac in Old French. It had a strategic role in protecting the Zhelezna Vrata Pass.”
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