Lepenitsa Cave
Lepenitsa is a cave in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. Lepenitsa is among the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria of the Bulgarian Tourist Union. It was declared a natural landmark in 1962.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Lepenitsa cave”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grashevo and Rakitovo.
Grashevo
Village
Photo: Moherat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grashevo is a village, which is situated 7 km west of Lepenitsa Cave.
Rakitovo
Town
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rakitovo is a town in the Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria. As of 2005 the population was 8,952. It is located in the northern part of the Rhodopi mountains at 12 km to the east of Velingrad and 7 km to the southwest of the Batak Reservoir. Rakitovo is situated 8 km northeast of Lepenitsa Cave.
Velingrad
Town
Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis, CC BY 2.0.
Velingrad is a town in Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria, located at the western end of Chepino Valley, part of the Rhodope Mountains. It is the administrative center of the homonymous Velingrad Municipality and one of the most popular Bulgarian balneological resorts. Velingrad is situated 8 km north of Lepenitsa Cave.
Lepenitsa Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.95414° or 41° 57′ 15″ northLongitude
24.01084° or 24° 0′ 39″ eastOpen location code
8GH6X236+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1693707997OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q12284801
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Lepenitsa Cave” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Лепеница”
- French: “grotte de Lepenitsa”
- French: “Grotte de Lepenitsa”
- German: “Lepenitsa-Höhle”
- Hungarian: “Lepenica-barlang”
- Ukrainian: “Лепениця”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Пещерата лепеница and Джурковица.
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