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Madara Rider
The Madara Rider is a large early medieval rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of Madara. The monument is dated to the very early 8th century. The monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. The relief sculpture depicts a majestic horseman, approximately 23 m above ground level, carved into an almost vertical 100 m-hig…
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Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Subject
- Bulgaria
- First Bulgarian Empire
- rock carvings
- rock art
- bas-reliefs (sculpture)
- World Heritage Sites
- Bulgaria
Type of item
- bas-reliefs (sculpture)
Medium
- rock engravings
Subject
- Bulgaria
- First Bulgarian Empire
- rock carvings
- rock art
- bas-reliefs (sculpture)
- World Heritage Sites
- Bulgaria
Type of item
- bas-reliefs (sculpture)
Medium
- rock engravings
Providing institution
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Creation date
- Early 8th century
Identifier
- #MadaraRider3D
Extent
- 3,1x2,6 m
Is part of
- Historical and archaeological reserve - Madara, Bulgaria
Providing country
- Bulgaria
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2024-02-29T17:10:45.656Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-02-29T17:10:45.656Z