The biggest megalitic ensemble found on the Balkan peninsula is situated on the hill called Perperikon. Initially created at the end of the bronze age carvings in the rocks are continued in the early iron age, 11-6 century BC. Remarkable ceramic works are found from those times but the most shocking finding is a huge oval sanctuary carved in the rocks with almost 2 meters in diameter. The Rome age had a significant impact to the complex. The excavations and the examinations from the archeologists show that there was built a huge castle over the carved rocks estimated in 3-4 stores. Around the hill had been built tremendous fortress, called Acropol with walls 2,8 meters wide. It had hosted whole neighbourhoods of civil buildings and temples. Nowadays most of these buildings are not revealed yet, but some streets carved in the rocks are found which reminds about huge infrastructure. This amazing megalitic monument had been a target of several invasions throught the centuries, beeing burned to the ground and then restored and rebuilt again.
After a serious restoring work had been conducted from archeologists and history workers, some of the most interesting parts of the complex are reveled and the Regional Museum of History has the pleasure to present you images form these sites.