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Current date: 2010-02-09 09:10

The Stone forest

The natural attraction Pobiti Kamuni (The Stone Forest) is located in the western part of Varna lowland and it consists of cylindrical stone columns fixed in a small desert. The stone columns have porous surface and rise to an altitude of 5 - 6 m. They are built of limy sandstones, containing many fossils - nummulites, mussels, snails. The majority have a smaller or bigger cavity, some are horizontally cracked. The cylindrical stone columns form several groups somewhere between the town Beloslav and the villages Strashimirovo, Slunchevo, Banovo and Povelyanovo with a total area of 50 km2.

The first impression is of a ruined temple but scientists have discovered that it is a geological formation of stalagmites some fifty million years old.

The largest and the best preserved is the central group of fixed stones, situated 18 km westwards from Varna along the highway Varna-Sofia. There is an exhibition area where visitors can get hold of various interesting brochures.