Fortress
Cherven
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
The stronghold of Cherven (Bulgarian: Червен, "red") was one of the Second Bulgarian Empire's primary military, administrative, economic and cultural centres between the 12th and the 14th century. The ruins of the fortress are located near the village of the same name 30 to 35 kilometres (19 to 22 mi) south of Rousse, northeastern Bulgaria.
Text adapted from “Cherven (fortress)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cherven ranks #3,349 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #17 of the 22 mapped in Bulgaria. See how Bulgaria compares in the castle statistics.
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