🚩 Ustra

Bulgaria · Europe · 41.47°N, 25.23°E

Ustra is a medieval fortress in the eastern Rhodope Mountains in southern Bulgaria. It is among the highest and best preserved fortifications in the mountain range. The fortress was controlled by the Byzantine and the Bulgarian Empires until the region was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in the second half of the 14th century.

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Quick facts

Country	Bulgaria
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	41.47°N, 25.23°E · view on map

Ustra is located in Bulgaria, in Europe.

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