Perperikon
Perperikon, also Perpericum, is an ancient Thracian city located in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains, 15 km northeast of the present-day town of Kardzhali, Bulgaria on a 470 m high rocky hill, which is thought to have been a sacred place.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gorna krepost and Dolna krepost.
Gorna krepost
Village
Gorna krepost is a village in Kardzhali Municipality, Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria.
Dolna krepost
Village
Dolna krepost is a village in Kardzhali Municipality, Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria.
Bolyartsi
Village
Bolyartsi is a village in Kardzhali Municipality, Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria.
Perperikon
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: archaeological site in Bulgaria
- Categories: archaeological site, ancient city, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Kardzhali, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.71466° or 41° 42′ 53″ northLongitude
25.46529° or 25° 27′ 55″ eastElevation
532 metres (1,745 feet)Open location code
8GH7PF78+V4OpenStreetMap ID
way 28066013OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
728327Wikidata ID
Q1943549
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Perperikon” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պերպերիկոն”
- Bulgarian: “Перперек”
- Bulgarian: “Перперикон”
- Catalan: “Perperícon”
- Cebuano: “Perperek”
- Chinese: “佩尔佩利孔”
- Chinese: “佩爾佩利孔”
- Croatian: “Perperikon”
- Czech: “Perperikon”
- Danish: “Perperikon”
- Dutch: “Perperikon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيبيروكون”
- Erzya: “Перперикон”
- Esperanto: “Perperikon”
- French: “Perperikon”
- Galician: “Perperikon”
- German: “Perperikon”
- Greek: “Περπερικον”
- Greek: “Περπερικόν”
- Hebrew: “פריפריקון”
- Italian: “Perperikon”
- Japanese: “ペルペリコン”
- Latvian: “Perperikona”
- Macedonian: “Перперикон”
- Polish: “Hyperperakion”
- Polish: “Perperakion”
- Polish: “Perperikon”
- Romanian: “Perperikon”
- Russian: “Перперикон”
- Serbian: “Перперикон”
- Slovak: “Perperikon”
- Spanish: “Perperikon”
- Swedish: “Perperek”
- Turkish: “Perperikon”
- Ukrainian: “Перперикон”
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