The Lukovit Karst
The Thracians: the Triballi and the rock sanctuaries
The Iron Age in the Vit valley: the lands of the Triballi, the rock terraces as sanctuaries, and the revered karst springs.
The Lukovit Karst Travel guideAs the village tells it in the Iron Age the valley falls within the lands of the Thracian tribe of the Triballi.
As the village tells it The hard-to-reach rock terraces are described as used for open-air sanctuaries connected with cults of water and rock, as in the neighbouring Karlukovo–Iskar region.
As the village tells it The karst springs of the district are described as revered as healing.
Sources and editorial notes
Устна местна памет от землището на Ъглен, предадена в разказите на сайта (раздел „История и местна памет“). Първичните записвачи и архивните сигнатури не са установени.
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The Fore-Balkan karst district around Lukovit — caves, rock cliffs, arches and the Vit River canyon that holds Aglen.
Deep time: the sea, the limestone and the canyonHow the limestones of the Lukovit Karst were laid down, how the river cut through them, and why an unmapped underground network lies beneath today’s canyon.
Prehistory: the first people in the valleyWhy the enclosed meander of the Vit drew early inhabitants, what traces are reported around the caves, and what is still undocumented.
The flint workshopsThe prehistoric flint workshops on the terraces above the Vit — evidence that frames the area as industrially significant in prehistory.