Asen's Fortress
Ruins · Bulgaria
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 41.987, 24.873
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: medieval fortress in the Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains above Asenovgrad
History
Asen's Fortress, identified by some researchers as Petrich (Петрич), is a medieval fortress in the Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains, 2 to 3 kilometres south of the town of Asenovgrad, on a high rocky ridge on the left bank of the Asenitsa River. Asen's Fortress is 279 metres (915 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Asenovgrad Municipality of Plovdiv Province.