| bulgaria1985-MadaraRider-s[785×625] the mysterious bas-relief known as the Madara Rider. It is carved into the rockface at a height of 95 meters, and is so eroded that details are only apparent by the light of the setting sun. Publishing origin | |
| Madara_Rider_Bulgaria.jpg[185×125] Madara was the principal sacred place of the First Bulgarian Empire before Bulgaria's conversion to Christianity in the 9th century. The inscriptions beside the sculpture tell of events that Publishing origin | |
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| Madara_Horseman.jpg[540×360] Bulgar art: The Madara Rider (ca. 710 AD), large rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen, northeast Bulgaria. The relief depicts a majestic horseman 23 m above ground level Publishing origin | |
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| thracian_hero_madara_rider[355×259] Here's the evolution of the Thracian Hero over the centuries. The Thracian Horseman The Madara Rider Publishing origin |