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It takes its source from the Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria, runs first westward, then southward, forming a number of gorges, enters Greece near the village of Promachonas in eastern Macedonia. In Greece it is the main waterway feeding and exiting from Lake Kerkini, a significant centre for migratory wildfowl.
Struma River, river in western Bulgaria and northeastern Greece, rising in the Vitosha Massif of the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria, southwest of Sofia. It follows a course of 258 miles (415 km) south-southeast via Pernik to the Aegean Sea , which it enters 30 miles (50 km) west-southwest of Kavála.
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Several theories and scenarios of the emergence and spread of the Neolithic in present-day Bulgaria are reviewed through the evidence of the particular Early Neolithic flint toolkits...
Feb 25, 2017 · The river Struma - today Strymonas - historical importance. In ancient times the Struma, as a significant river, formed the border between the regions Macedonia and Thrace, the original name of the river was Aioneios.
The Struma River is a major river located in Bulgaria, running through the city of Blagoevgrad. It is a beautiful and scenic river, with plenty of activities to do along its banks. Here are 10 things to do in Struma River, Blagoevgrad Bulgaria. 1. Rafting – Rafting is a great way to explore the Struma River.
Strymon: river in Thrace. Today, it is called Struma (in Bulgarian) and Strymonas (in Greek). The poetic name Kara Su , "the black waters", is Turkish. The Strymon near Amphipolis. According to the Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus, the Strymon has its sources in the land of the Thracians, and we can add that its well is immediately ...
The authors refer to the Thracian tribe of the Maedi, which occupied the area on the southwestern fringes of Thrace, along its border with the Roman province of Macedonia – present day south-western Bulgaria. Plutarch also writes that Spartacus's wife, a prophetess of the Maedi tribe, was enslaved with him.
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