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Madara Rider
Photo: Dom2002, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

UNESCO World Heritage site

Madara Rider

An early medieval rock relief of a horseman, carved on a cliff near Shumen, on the UNESCO list since 1979.

UNESCO World Heritage site

About Madara Rider

The Madara Rider is a large early medieval rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen, near the village of Madara. It is dated to the very late 7th or early 8th century, during the reign of the Bulgar Khan Tervel.

The relief shows a horseman spearing a lion, followed by a dog, with inscriptions in Greek around it. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979.

Worth knowing

  • UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979
  • Carved about 23 m up a 100 m cliff
  • Near Shumen, Pliska and Veliki Preslav

Business directory

Companies in Shumen Province

106 companies listed in the province, featured members first.

Artemis Closures

Packaging

Shumen

Artemis Closures makes premium caps and closures for the wine and spirits industry. It was founded in 2005 in Bulgaria as a Bulgarian-Greek partnership and plac...

Leon

Bookkeeping and Accounting

Shumen

Leon is an accounting agency that has worked with a fully digital process since it was founded in 2012. It serves new companies and the smallest businesses with...

Sunsystem

Fireplaces and Stoves

Shumen

Sunsystem makes solar systems and collectors, pellet boilers and fireplaces, water heaters and other heating and air conditioning products, with Burnit as its b...

Aristour

Travel Agencies

Shumen

Aristour is a registered tour operator in Shumen with experience in business travel, congress events and seminars, as well as tours, holidays, cruises and speci...

Balkan Paper

Packaging

Shumen

Balkan Paper is a Bulgarian producer of paper cores, aluminium meat roll tubes, shawarma tubes, paper edge protectors and paper boards, offering custom B2B pack...

Dura Tiles BG

Glass, Stone and Ceramics

Novi Pazar

Dura Tiles BG AD is a maker of Bulgarian porcelain stoneware, floor ceramics and tiles in various types and levels of water resistance that meet European standa...

Imoti Silvi

Real Estate Agencies

Shumen

Imoti Silvi is a real estate agency in Shumen with almost ten years of experience. Its team includes brokers, lawyers and credit consultants who work together o...

Ivel Pro

Textiles, Clothing and Footwear

Shumen

Ivel Pro EOOD was registered on 14.05.2008 with its main work in making work and uniform clothing. Over the years it has added trade in workwear, work shoes and...