Patmos Fortress information

Patmos (Bulgarian: Патмос) is a medieval fortress in the Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria rising over a promontory near the confluence of the rivers...

east downstream the valley of the Arda are located the ruins of the Patmos Fortress, while a few kilometers south upstream is Dyavolski most bridge. Krivus...

monastery founded in 1088 in Chora on the island of Patmos. It is named after St. John of Patmos, the author of the Christian Book of Revelation who,...

The Belogradchik Fortress (Bulgarian: Белоградчишка крепост, Belogradchishka krepost), also known as Kaleto (Калето, "the fortress" from Turkish kale)...

erroneous. The author states in Rev 1:9 that he is on Patmos, and so he is conventionally called John of Patmos. He was a Jewish Christian prophet, probably belonging...

Minnesota Glacier to the southwest. It is named after the medieval fortress of Patmos in Southern Bulgaria. 78°51′14″S 85°47′24″W / 78.85397°S 85.79000°W...

Christians have traditionally identified him with John the Apostle, John of Patmos, and John the Presbyter, although this has been disputed by most modern...

Mezek Fortress (Bulgarian: Мезешка крепост) is a medieval stronghold constructed in the 11th and 12th centuries west of the modern village of Mezek, southeastern...

The Shumen Fortress (Bulgarian: Шуменска крепост, Shumenska krepost) is an archaeological site overlooking the city of Shumen in north-eastern Bulgaria...

Vishegrad (Bulgarian: Вишеград) is a medieval fortress in the Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria rising over a promontory in the valley of the river...

course of the Middle Ages and acted as the citadel of the most important fortress of northwestern Bulgaria. The Baba Vida stronghold withstood an eight-month-long...

captured by the Ottomans in 1388 after a long siege. Patmos Fortress castle Patmos is a medieval fortress situated near the confluence of the rivers Arda and...

42°40′40″N 24°44′2″E / 42.67778°N 24.73389°E / 42.67778; 24.73389 The Anevo Fortress (Bulgarian: Аневско кале, Anevsko kale) or Kopsis (Копсис) is a medieval...

Succi. Later it was named after Roman Emperor Trajan, on whose order a fortress by the name of Stipon was constructed on the hill over the pass, as a symbolic...

Prefecture of the Dodecanese was subdivided into provinces: Province of Patmos – Patmos Province of Kalymnos – Kalymnos Province of Kos – Kos Province of Rhodes...

as Kokalyane Urvich because nearest village - Kokalyane) is a medieval fortress in the territory of today's quarter Pancharevo, heir to the village of...

Mystras Delos H. Loukas Nea Moni Pythagoreion and Heraion Vergina Mycenae Patmos Tiryns Corfu Daphni Philippi Zagori The United Nations Educational, Scientific...

thought to have been a sacred place. The village of Gorna krepost ("Upper Fortress") is located at the foot of the hill and the gold-bearing Perpereshka River...

Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1999, c1963, 48:246; Mullett, 133. John, author of Revelation, had been exiled on the island of Patmos. Brecht, 2:12–14...

Monyak (Bulgarian: Моняк) is a 12th-century medieval fortress in the Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria, mentioned in the chronicles of the Fourth...

Byalgrad (Bulgarian: Бялград, "white fortress") is a medieval fortress located eight kilometres from the village Gugutka in Haskovo Province, southeastern...

Ustra (Bulgarian: Устра) is a medieval fortress in the eastern Rhodope Mountains in southern Bulgaria. It is among the highest and best preserved fortifications...

Testament of the Bible, a piece of apocalypse literature attributed to John of Patmos. Similar allusions are contained in the Old Testament books of Ezekiel and...

the same name is used for both. Following Venetian rule, when it was a fortress, the island became a leper colony. According to Venetian documents, the...