Cape Emine ( bg, Нос Емине ) is a headland located at the
Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
The Bulgarian Black Sea Coast (), also known as the Bulgarian Riviera, covers the entire eastern bound of Bulgaria stretching from the Romanian Black Sea resorts in the north to European Turkey in the south, along 378 km of coast ...
. It is located south of
Varna, north of
Burgas
Burgas ( bg, Бургас, ), sometimes transliterated as ''Bourgas'', is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a pop ...
and south of
Obzor. It forms the tip of
Stara Planina. Cape Emine is said to be
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
's stormiest cape.
In the
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...
, there was a fortress called ''Emona'' on Cape Emine. Its name was derived from ''Aemon'', the ancient name for
Stara Planina. Nowadays, only some ruins of the fortress are left. There are also remnants of a
monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whi ...
and a
lighthouse. The village of
Emona
Emona (early gkm, Ἤμονα) or Aemona (short for ) was a Roman castrum, located in the area where the navigable Ljubljanica river came closest to Castle Hill, is located nearby.
Cape Emine is the endpoint of the
European walking route E3 (its Bulgarian section is also known as "
Kom–Emine").
Gallery
File:Emine.jpg, Cape Emine
External links
Cape Emona GalleryBulgarianLandmark.Info - Cape Emine
References
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Emine
Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
Landforms of Burgas Province