Belogradchik
Belogradchik is a small town in North Bulgaria, in the foothills of the Balkan Mountains. It's famous for the unique rock formations that surround it and the fortress nested in them. Nearby is also a famous cave open to visitors.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nikolai Karaneschev, CC BY 3.0.
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- Type: Town with 5,330 residents
- Description: city in Belogradchik municipality, Vidin oblast, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Bělogradčik”, “Belogradtgchik”, “Bjelogradčik”, and “Byelogradchik”
- Postal code: 3900
Places of Interest
Highlights include Belogradchik Fortress.
Belogradchik Fortress
Castle
Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis, CC BY 2.0.
The Belogradchik Fortress, also known as Kaleto, is an ancient fortress located on the north slopes of the Balkan Mountains, close to the northwestern Bulgarian town of Belogradchik and is the town's primary cultural and historical tourist attraction, drawing, together with the Belogradchik Rocks, the main flow of tourists into the region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chiflik.
Chiflik
Village
Photo: Panzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chiflik is a village in Vidin Province in northwestern Bulgaria. It is located in the municipality of Belogradchik. On Dec 23, 1961, the upper and lower villages of Chiflik merged to form the present village. Chiflik is situated 3½ km southwest of Belogradchik.
Belogradchik
- Categories: municipality seat, city in Bulgaria, and locality
- Location: Vidin, North Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
43.6267° or 43° 37′ 36″ northLongitude
22.6861° or 22° 41′ 10″ eastPopulation
5,330Elevation
498 metres (1,634 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 273488804OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Waray—“Belogradchik” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բելոգրադչիկ”
- Belarusian: “Белаградчык”
- Bulgarian: “Белоградчик”
- Bulgarian: “ГР.БЕЛОГРАДЧИК”
- Cebuano: “Belogradchik”
- Central Kurdish: “بێلۆگرادچیک”
- Chinese: “貝洛格拉奇克”
- Chinese: “贝洛格拉奇克”
- Czech: “Belogradčik”
- Dutch: “Belogradtsjik”
- Esperanto: “Belogradĉik”
- French: “Belogradchik”
- French: “Belogradtchik”
- French: “Bélogradtchik”
- French: “Белоградчик”
- Galician: “Belogradchik”
- German: “Belogradchik”
- German: “Belogradschik”
- German: “Belogradtschik”
- German: “Belogratschik”
- Greek: “Μπελογκραντσίκ”
- Greek: “Μπελογκρατσίκ”
- Greek: “Μπελογκραττσίκ”
- Hebrew: “בלוגראדצ’יק”
- Hungarian: “Belogradcsik”
- Irish: “Belogradchik”
- Japanese: “ベログラトチク”
- Kazakh: “Belogradçïk”
- Kazakh: “Белоградчик”
- Kazakh: “بەلوگرادتشىيك”
- Korean: “벨로그라드치크”
- Macedonian: “Белоградчик”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Belogradtsjik”
- Ossetian: “Белоградчик”
- Persian: “بلوگرادچیک”
- Polish: “Bełogradczik”
- Portuguese: “Belogradchik”
- Portuguese: “Belogradčik”
- Romanian: “Belogradchik”
- Romanian: “Belogradcik”
- Russian: “Белоградчик”
- Serbian: “Belogradčik”
- Serbian: “Белоградчик”
- Slovenian: “Belogradčik”
- South Azerbaijani: “بلوگرادچیک”
- Spanish: “Belogradchik”
- Swedish: “Belogradtjik”
- Tatar: “Белоградчик”
- Turkish: “Belgradcık”
- Turkish: “Belogradchik”
- Turkish: “Belogradçik”
- Ukrainian: “Белоградчик”
- Vietnamese: “Belogradchik”
- Waray (Philippines): “Belogradchik”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Belogradchik”. Photo: Nikolai Karaneschev, CC BY 3.0.