Monday, July 31, 2017

Cape Kaliakra, Bulgaria


Kaliakra (BulgarianКалиакра) is a long and narrow headland in the Southern Dobrujaregion of the northern Bulgarian Black Sea CoastThe coast is steep with vertical cliffs reaching 70 metres (230 ft) down to the sea. Probably the most popular legend about the place is one about 40 Bulgarian girls, who preferred to tie their hair together and jump into the Black Sea rather than face the prospect of being captured by the Ottomans.

Another legend tells the story of Saint Nicholas, the patron of seamen, who was running away from the Ottomans when God made the earth under him longer and longer so he could escape, and the cape was formed this way. The saint was eventually captured and a chapel was built in 1993, symbolizing his grave. A third legend is about Lysimachus, a successor of Alexander the Great, who seized the royal treasure and escaped to Kaliakra, dying in a major storm along with his whole fleet.

Cap Kaliakra, Bulgaria

Bolata near cape Kaliakra, Bulgaria.

Rock beach

Kaliakra horn on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast


Kaliakra, Bulgaria, Fortress Gate and look to the north, 2003

Kaliakra, Bulgaria, the Chapel "Saint Nikola" at the cape tip, 2003


Kaliakra Fortress - plan

Photo Source: Collected from Internet

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