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One of
the most remarkable monuments of history is located some
16 km east of Shoumen (pic.1). A bas-relief of a man of
actual size on horseback piercing a lion with his spear
is chiseled into the vertical rock 25 metres above ground.
He is followed by a dog. The inscriptions around the composition
relate it to the time of the Bulgarian Khans Tervel, Kormisosh
and Omourtag, (8th-9th century). This monument is unique
in Europe and for this reason it was included in the UNESCO
list of world cultural monuments.
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