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.- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of around 530 metres (1,750 feet)
- Description: archaeological site in Bulgaria
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Gorna krepost
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Dolna krepost
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Perperikon
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Latitude
41.71466° or 41° 42′ 53″ north
Longitude
25.46529° or 25° 27′ 55″ east
Open location code
8GH7PF78+V4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Perperikon” goes by many names.
ՊերպերիկոնArmenian
ПерперекBulgarian
ПерпериконBulgarian
PerperíconCatalan
PerperekCebuano
佩尔佩利孔Chinese
佩爾佩利孔Chinese
PerperikonCroatian
PerperikonCzech
PerperikonDanish
PerperikonDutch
بيبيروكونEgyptian Arabic
ПерпериконErzya
PerperikonEsperanto
PerperikonGalician
ΠερπερικονGreek
פריפריקוןHebrew
PerperikonItalian
ペルペリコンJapanese
PerperikonaLatvian
ПерпериконMacedonian
HyperperakionPolish
PerperakionPolish
PerperikonPolish
PerperikonRomanian
ПерпериконRussian
ПерпериконSerbian
PerperikonSlovak
PerperekSwedish
PerperikonTurkish
ПерпериконUkrainian
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