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Kokalyanski Urvich

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thumb|Remains of "St. Elias" Fortified Church in the "Urvich" Medieval Fortress, near Sofia

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fortress
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Bulgaria
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Kokalyane
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Urvich fortress.JPG
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Urvich
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thumb|Remains of "St. Elias" Fortified Church in the "Urvich" Medieval Fortress, near Sofia

Urvich (also known as Kokalyane Urvich because nearest village - Kokalyane) is a medieval fortress in the territory of today's quarter Pancharevo, heir to the village of Glavishevo. It is located on the right riverside of Iskar River, in the hill of "Sredobardie", in the Lozen mountain, about from Sofia downtown on the road to Samokov. In this region there is a river meander, which has been declared a natural landmark.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kokalyanski Urvich” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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