Belantash - Thracian sanctuary Traditional Cache
Belantash - Thracian sanctuary
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The ancient Thracian sanctuary called Belantash. On this inaccessible rock, dozens of ritual steps, channels and water reservoirs were carved centuries before the New Era.
There is the only cult centre, well studied and described, which had satisfied the religious and other spiritual needs of the prehistoric inhabitants of present South Bulgaria and North Greece. To visit this sight one may take the buses running in the direction of Kurdzhali. The Thracian rock sanctuaries are extremely interesting; the most mysterious of them is that of Belantash (in the Rhodope Massif of Dobrostan, close to Sini Vruh quarter). There was found a silver votive tablet of Hercules, presented as Dionisius. Four sanctuaries dedicated to the Thracian mounted warrior were found nearby Assenovgrad.
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