Bulgaria
Plovdiv
Asenovgrad

Asen’s Fortress

Asen's Fortress, identified by some researchers as Petrich, is a medieval fortress in the , 2 to 3 kilometres south of the town of , on a high rocky ridge on the left bank of the Asenitsa River.
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  • Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: medieval fortress in the Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains above Asenovgrad
  • Also known as: “Petrich”
  • Address: Асеновград

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of the Holy Mother of God and Anatema.

Church
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The is the popular name of a medieval Eastern Orthodox church located in Asen's Fortress. It lies near in the of , south central .

Protected area
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is a protected area, which is situated 1½ km east of Asen’s Fortress.

Library
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is a library, which is situated 2½ km north of Asen’s Fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Asenovgrad and Gonda voda.

Photo: Egunt07, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city of 50,000 in , under the slopes of the , not far from , Bulgaria's second largest city.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 3 km southeast of Asen’s Fortress.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Asen’s Fortress.

Asen’s Fortress

Latitude
41.98668° or 41° 59′ 12″ north
Longitude
24.87348° or 24° 52′ 25″ east
Open location code
8GH6XVPF+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 297002890
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q2991256
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Spanish—“Asen’s Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ասենի ամրոց”
  • Basque: “Asengo gotorlekua”
  • Bulgarian: “Асенова крепост”
  • Bulgarian: “укрепено селище Петрич”
  • Chinese: “阿森要塞”
  • Czech: “Asenovská pevnost”
  • Czech: “Асенова крепост”
  • Dutch: “Asen’s Fortress”
  • German: “Festung Asen”
  • Greek: “Φρούριο του Ασέν”
  • Italian: “Fortezza di Asen”
  • Korean: “아센 요새”
  • Latvian: “Asena cietoksnis”
  • Macedonian: “Асенова тврдина”
  • Romanian: “Cetăţuia lui Asan”
  • Romanian: “Cetățuia lui Asan”
  • Russian: “Асенова крепость”
  • Serbian: “Asenova tvrđava”
  • Serbian: “Асенова тврђава”
  • Serbian: “Петрич”
  • Slovak: “Asenova pevnosť”
  • Slovenian: “Asenova trdnjava”
  • Spanish: “Asenova krepost”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de Asen”

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