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About the town:
Razlog is a town in the South-West part of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Blagoevgrad Province, near the town of Bansko. The town is the administrative center of the Municipality of Razlog. Until 26 March 1925 the name of the town was Mehomia, and after that it was named after the valley of Razlog, where the town is situated.
More information: Wikipedia
About the cache:
This multi-cache is the first cache in Razlog. We are going for a little walk in the city center and nearby park.
The given coordinates are not the fiinal cache coordinates.You are located at one beautiful fountain.
Stage 1 - Who is the king?
Coordinates: N 41° 53.097 E 023° 27.885
Look around! You will find out that the gates are gurded by some lions. How many are they?
Let us mark the number of the lions as A(__). The stage is broken, so A=2
Stage 2 - He loved to write.
Coordinates: N 41° 53.149 E 023° 27.933
At the given coordinates you will find two years engraved on the monument of bulgarian poet, which we will mark as BBBB(____) and CCCC(____) (read from left to right).
Stage 3 - In the name of the warriors...
Coordinates: N 41° 53.164 E 023° 27.963
At the coordinates you will see two marble slabs. On the left slab (if you are in front of the scribed side) there are three years engraved, and on the next row below there are four engraved years more, where we will mark the three years from the uper row as DDDD(____), FFFF(____) and GGGG(____), and the four years from the next row as HHHH(____), JJJJ(____), KKKK(____) and LLLL(____).
Stage 4 - The circular fountain.
Coordinates: N 41° 53.144 E 023° 27.974
There you will find a circular fountain. This fountain is This fountain is crossed by several segments. Let us mark the number of the segments as M(__).
Stage 5 - The Apostle of Freedom.
Coordinates: N 41° 53.150 E 023° 27.993
At these coordinates you will find a statue of "The Apostle of Freedom" - Vasil Levski. Behind the statue there is a marble slab with engraved text. In the text there is a year engraved, which we will mark as PPPP(____) and two-digit number, which we will mark as QQ(____).
Stage 6 - Uprisings for Freedom.
Coordinates: N 41° 53.187 E 023° 27.999
At the place you will find three stone blocks. On those blocks are engraved three years.
Let us mark as RRRR(____) the year, which third digit is 0.
Let us mark as SSSS(____) the year, which third digit is 7.
Let us mark as TTTT(____) the year, which third digit is 2.
Stage 7 - The twelve symbols.
Coordinates: N 41° 53.229 E 023° 28.014
At these coordinates you will find an information plate where years are written in several rows and columns. Write down the year from the first column - the fourth row as UUUU(____).
Stage 8 - The end at the lake.
Coordinates: N 41° ___.______ E 023° ___.______
Find a bench at the lake, sit down comfortable and let us to finish with the calculations.
The final coordinates are:
N 41° WW.XXX
E 023° YY.0ZZ
Where:
WW = ((CCCC - PPPP) - (JJJJ - DDDD) + (HHHH - RRRR)) * A + QQ - M
XXX = (JJJJ - BBBB) * QQ / A + UUUU - JJJJ
YY = TTTT - SSSS - M - QQ
0ZZ = LLLL + KKKK - GGGG - FFFF - QQ + M
REMARK! "0ZZ" is "Zero ZZ".
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ATTENTION!
When you find the cache, after logging, please close it and hide it right as you found it. Be careful!
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