Tsepina
Tsepina or Tzepaina was a castle and town in the western Rhodope mountains, southern Bulgaria, now in ruins. It is 6 kilometres from the Dorkovo village in the north-eastern part of the Chepino Valley.Photo: Спасимир, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: castle and town in the western Rhodope mountains, southern Bulgaria, now in ruins
- Also known as: “Tzepaina” and “крепост Цепина”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dorkovo Museum and Tsepina.
Dorkovo Museum
Dorkovo Museum in Dorkovo, Bulgaria, established in 2013 in a domed wooden structure, has a display of fossils collected from the Pliocene geological epoch of about five million years ago around the village of Dorkovo, a life-size model of a gomphothere, related to elephants, and a diorama. Dorkovo Museum is situated 4 km south of Tsepina.Tsepina
Railway stop
Photo: Dimitrov 1994, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tsepina is a railway stop, which is situated 3 km northwest of Tsepina.
Paleontologichno nahodishte
Protected area
Photo: Izvora, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paleontologichno nahodishte is a protected area, which is situated 4 km south of Tsepina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorkovo and Kostandovo.
Dorkovo
Village
Photo: Спасимир, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dorkovo is a village in the Rakitovo municipality, Pazardzhik Province, western Bulgaria. The population of the village is 2,955. Aromanians live in the village. Dorkovo is situated 4½ km south of Tsepina.
Kostandovo
Town
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kostandovo is a small town in the Pazardzhik Province, southern Bulgaria. In 2010, it had 4342 inhabitants. It gained its town status in 2005. It is located in the Rhodope Mountains close to the Batak Dam and the town of Rakitovo. Kostandovo is situated 7 km south of Tsepina.
Patalenitsa
Village
Photo: Izvora, Public domain.
Patalenitsa is a village in southwestern Bulgaria, administratively part of Pazardzhik Municipality within Pazardzhik Province. It lies 15 kilometres southwest of Pazardzhik, at the northern foot of the Karkaria ridge of the western Rhodope Mountains, some 370 metres above sea level. Patalenitsa is situated 8 km northeast of Tsepina.
Tsepina
- Categories: fortress, castle, building, and historic site
- Location: Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.08573° or 42° 5′ 9″ northLongitude
24.12391° or 24° 7′ 26″ eastElevation
1,080 metres (3,543 feet)Open location code
8GJ634PF+7HOpenStreetMap ID
way 494981763OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q191385
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Spanish—“Tsepina” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Цэпіна”
- Bulgarian: “Цепина”
- Chinese: “採皮納”
- Chinese: “采皮纳”
- French: “Tsepina”
- German: “Festung Zepina”
- German: “Zepina”
- Greek: “Τζέπαινα”
- Italian: “Tsepina”
- Macedonian: “Цепина”
- Russian: “Цепина”
- Spanish: “Tsepina”
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