Kovachevsko kale Fortress

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Le château en bref

In the countryside west of Popovo, in north-eastern Bulgaria, Kovachevsko kale preserves the remains of a powerful Roman fort in Moesia Secunda. Built between 308 and 324, in the time of Constantine and Licinius, it forms a triangle protected by rivers, enclosed by walls more than three metres thick and seventeen U-shaped towers. Inside, a monumental granary over sixty metres long, supplied by an underground aqueduct, bears witness to its logistical role. Set on fire by the Goths around 378, struck by Attila around 447, it was finally ruined by the Slavs and the Avars at the end of the sixth century. Its name comes from the neighbouring village of Kovachevets, chosen by the archaeologist Karel Škorpil.