RUPITE LOCALITY

Rupite is a protected area. The hill is built of volcanic rocks. His name derives from the fact that it looks like a tufted cloak. In 1962, part of Kojuh was declared a natural landmark.

Rupite is a protected area. The hill is built of volcanic rocks. His name derives from the fact that it looks like a tufted cloak. In 1962, part of Kojuh was declared a natural landmark.

The protected locality of Rupite is famous for its healing mineral water springs with a temperature of 74°C and a discharge of 35 l/s.

The protected locality of Rupite and Kozhuh Planina are home to diverse species of snakes. Via Aristotelis – one of the two main migration paths of birds across the country – passes here.

At the southwestern foot of the volcanic eminence of Kozhuh lie the remains of an ancient town that existed from the 4th century BC until the 6th century AD. According to explorers this was the principal town of the Thracian Sintians – Heraclea Sintica.

The memorial temple “St. Petka of Bulgaria”, built in 1994 is situated in the locality of Rupite. The locality is mostly famous as a place related to the prophet Vanga, and as such it attracts thousands of worshippers and tourists. In the last years of her life, Vanga lived in a small house in Rupite, because according to her relatives she considered the area an energy source and drew her powers from it.