Madan
Madan
The “Spoluka” deposit is located in the immediate vicinity of the town of Madan /northeast of it/ on the right slope of the Madanska River. The deposit has been known since ancient times, and from 1948 to 1952 the study of the deposit was carried out by the Joint Geological Expedition. The relief of the […]
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“Sharenka” cave is a cave-museum, named after the largest district in the town of Madan. It is located 2.5 km southwest of the town of Madan – on the left bank of a deep ravine. The cave is reached by an asphalt road, and for those who like hiking, there is a mountain path about […]
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In 1958, the Museum of Socialist Construction was opened in the city of Madan, which in the 1980s was renamed the “Museum of Mining and Ore Extraction”. Until 2001, it was owned by the mining enterprise “Gorubso – Madan”, and in 2002, the mining enterprise donated all exhibits and equipment to the museum of the […]
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Crystal Hall “Rhodope Crystal” is one of the biggest sights of the town of Madan. It was established in 1984, stores 581 mineral specimens and is a member of the International Association of Mineralogical Museums. The hall is located at 1 Yavor Street, in the center of Madan.
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Nature has the magic of shaping bizarre shapes out of rock formations. In many places in Bulgaria there are natural stone structures with unusual shapes that captivate our imagination. One such creation of nature is a HORSE-HEAD shaped rock. It is located opposite the village of Leshtak, Madan municipality, in the Rhodopes, to the right […]
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There are more than ten Roman bridges in Madan municipality, some of them are almost destroyed, others are in remote and inaccessible places. The Roman bridges are proof that Madan existed even from ancient times as well as in antiquity. It is said that the road to the White Sea passed through them.
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Several rivers flow through the municipality of Madan, the largest being the Madanska river, the Black river and the largest and most famous – the Arda river. At Mechedolsko dere, there is also a beautiful waterfall, hidden among lush vegetation, which is why it is not so popular for tourist purposes so far and is […]
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The animal world of the Rhodopes combines representatives of all the faunal complexes characteristic of our country. The massive nature of the mountain and the diversity of the relief make it possible to fully represent the altitudinal distribution of the animal species. The endangered rare species of mammals are relatively well preserved – wolf, chamois, […]
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