UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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The Madara Rider | |
Location | Shumen, Bulgaria |
Criteria | Cultural: (i), (iii) |
Reference | 43 |
Inscription | 1979 (3rd Session) |
Area | 1.2 ha (130,000 sq ft) |
Buffer zone | 501.7 ha (1.937 sq mi) |
Coordinates | 43°16′36.1″N 27°07′10.4″E / 43.276694°N 27.119556°E |
The Madara Rider or Madara Horseman[1] (Bulgarian: Мадарски конник, Madarski konnik) is a large early medieval rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of Madara. The monument is dated to the very late 7th[2] or more often the very early 8th century, during the reign of the Bulgar Khan Tervel.[3] In 1979, the monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[4]
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