Mezek Fortress

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : Top contrinbutor Mattcoq created this beautiful drone video of a well known medieval Bulgarian fortress. It's called Mezek Castle, and it's located in the municipality of Svilengrad in the Haskovo Province in the south-central part of the country. The castle, which dates to the 11th century AD, covers a large area of 6.5k square meters and has nine towers. This stone-constructed landmark is considered to be amongst the best-preserved medieval fortresses in this mountainous Southeast European country.

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After travelling in the Rhodopes Mountains, I decided to head to one of the best conserved medieval castles in Bulgaria, not far from the Greek border ... "The Mezek Fortress, 6.5 decares (6,500 square metres) in area, is claimed to be among the best preserved Bulgarian medieval castles. It dates to the 11th century. Along with the Thracian tombs, it was studied by a team under archaeologist Bogdan Filov in 1931–1932. The castle has nine towers, five of which lie at the vulnerable south wall. The Mezek Fortress was built out of stone, with two decorative lines of bricks on the outside. It suffered some destruction around 1900, when stones from the fortress were used for the construction of Ottoman barracks in Svilengrad"