"The Madara Rider, representing the figure of a knight triumphing over a lion, is carved into a 100-m-high cliff near the village of Madara in north-east Bulgaria. Madara was the principal sacred place of the First Bulgarian Empire before Bulgaria’s conversion to Christianity in the 9th century. The inscriptions beside the sculpture tell of events that occurred between AD 705 and 801."
Source: UNESCO World Heritage
Postcard 1
Madara Horseman - rock bass-relief, 8th-9th century. Bulgaria's Youth Olympics Games Singapore 2010 stamp used. Thanks to Michael of Luxembourg who was visiting Bulgaria. Postcard written on June 13, 2011 and arrived in Pennag on June 29, 2011.
Postcard 2
The Madara Horse Rider of Bulgaria. Thanks to Christina of Sofia, Bulgaria.
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