Lyutibrod () is a village in
Mezdra Municipality in
Vratsa Province, western
Bulgaria
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. As of 2007 it has a population of 452. The village is situated in the northern end of the
Iskar Gorge, on the right bank of the
river of the same name. On the opposite bank of the river are the
Ritlite rock formation and the
Cherepish Monastery is located at several kilometers to the south. The former settlement Korites, abandoned in the 15th century, contain the ruins of four medieval churches, including a 5th-century basilica.
[ Мичев, Михаил. ''Изчезнали селища в предбалканската зона на Врачанско и Ботевградско, Известия на българското историческо дружество'', кн. XXXVI, С. 1984, с. 35-39]
Honours
Lyutibrod Rocks
Lyutibrod Rocks (, ‘Lyutibrodski Skali’ \'lyu-ti-brod-ski ska-'li\) is the chain of rocks off the northwest coast of Low Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 860 m in east-west direction.
The feature is named after the settlem ...
in
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...
are named after Lyutibrod.
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Villages in Vratsa Province