The Madara Rider, representing the figure of a knight triumphing over a lion, is carved into a 100-m-high cliff near the village of Madara in north-east Bulgaria. Madara was the principal sacred place of the First Bulgarian Empire before Bulgaria’s conversion to Christianity in the 9th century. The inscriptions beside the sculpture tell of events that occurred between AD 705 and 801.It is an exceptional work of art dating from the beginning of the 8th century and is the only relief of its kind, having no parallel in Europe.
Received this classic site card from F.Angelov.
Date of Inscription: 1979
Ref: 43 (unesco.org)
1999 Stamp- EUROPA Stamps - Nature Reserves and Parks
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