Bulgaria · 12th century
Anevo Fortress ranks #4,726 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #20 of the 26 mapped in Bulgaria. Founded c. 1125, it is older than 84% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how Bulgaria compares in the castle statistics.
The Anevo Fortress (Bulgarian: Аневско кале, Anevsko kale) or Kopsis (Копсис) is a medieval castle in central Bulgaria, the ruins of which are located some 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the village of Anevo in Sopot Municipality, Plovdiv Province. Constructed in the first half of the 12th century, it lies on a steep hilltop at the southern foot of the Balkan Mountains, not far from the Stryama river. In the end of the 13th century, the fortress was the capital of a small short-lived quasi-independent domain ruled by the brothers of Tsar Smilets of Bulgaria, Voysil and Radoslav.
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