The Stone Wedding - Zimzelen, Kardzhali - video
The Stone Wedding (Kamenna Svatba, Petrified Wedding, Kardzhali Pyramids) is located near the village of Zimzelen, close to the city of Kardzhali, in the eastern part of the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria. This spectacular natural formation was declared a natural monument in 1974. It consists of volcanic rhyolite tuff, forming stone pyramids and rock formations that resemble humans, animals and birds, which were created approximately 35 million years ago. These formations are composed of layers of green, pink, pale yellow and white, continuously shaped by erosion.
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