Monyak

Monyak Fortress
Monyak Fortress
Monyak Fortress
General information
Architectural styleFortress
Town or cityShiroko pole
CountryBulgaria
Coordinates41°38′45.6″N 25°26′27.96″E / 41.646000°N 25.4411000°E / 41.646000; 25.4411000
Construction started11th century

Monyak (Bulgarian: Моняк) is a 12th-century medieval fortress in the Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria, mentioned in the chronicles of the Fourth Crusade as Chastel de Moniac in Old French. It had a strategic role protecting the Zhelezna Vrata Pass.

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