Anevo Fortress (Kopsis)

En un regard

Le château en bref

On a steep hill at the foot of the Great Balkan, above the Stryama and three kilometres from the village of Anevo, the ruins of Kopsis preserve the memory of an almost independent medieval lordship. Built in the twelfth century on a site occupied since antiquity, the castle became at the end of the thirteenth century the capital of the domain of the boyars Voysil and Radoslav, brothers of Tsar Smilets, which extended as far as Sliven. Its citadel, enclosed by walls of stone and pebble masonry, was flanked by eight towers, several of which still rise up to twelve metres; the long west wall, one and a half metres thick, is the best preserved. Excavations have also revealed an open town, a monastery and four churches, one of which retains traces of frescoes.