Connected artistic / architectonic / historical heritage
the Rhodopes mountain range ; natural sites.
The name of the Rhodope Mountains is translated as a "mountain of richly flowing rivers" and derives from the reconstructed ancient name of Rudapa. It also translates into rivers and high water comes ru- Indo-European root for running water and Thracian daphas - paalnovodie, flood. In the past the Rhodope rivers have been overflowing with water and lacking soil erosion. Massive felling, much smaller than now, was undertaken only at the time of the construction of the Roman roads.
In the second millennium before the New Age, the Thracian civilization began in the Rhodope Mountains. Many fortresses, settlements, necropolises and sanctuaries have been discovered. Surrounded by mysterious legends and traditions, somewhere in the Rhodope Peaks there is an undiscovered sanctuary of the Greek god Dionysius. The Rhodope Mountains are also the birthplace of the main hero of Thracian mythology - the mythical Rhodope singer Orpheus, not only famous for its musical work, but also for its bewildered heroes and people, but its incredible healing skills.
Local traditions or historical connections
The legend is connected with the beauty of the mountain range and the fact that there is no peak from which you can see its entire body, even if mountaineers keep trying to find such a spot.
The greatest number of strategic roads have been made by the Romans in the Eastern Rhodopes. Very few valleys do not have such roads.
Only in the Rhodope Mountains the Romans built bridges. Their construction, in which the stones are suing the weight of each other to press and keep the structure, was also used by the Bulgarian masters of bridges. There is a preserved section of a Roman highway near the village of Bivolyane, where today there is a madrasse. In this region is the Thracian sanctuary Harmankya. This is the only Roman road in Bulgaria with a width of 4 meters, fully preserved. It passes under the Thracian sanctuary Karpuzdere and transfers the ridge.