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Madara Rider is unveiled

710 CE · Bulgaria, Europe · Culture

Madara Rider is unveiled
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The Madara Rider or Madara Horseman is a large early medieval rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of Madara. The monument is dated to the very late 7th or more often the very early 8th century, during the reign of the Bulgar Khan Tervel.

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