ABOUT THE DEVIL’S THROAT
One of the phenomena in the
Trigrad Gorge in the
Rhodopes is the Devil’s Throat abyss cave, formed as a result of the collapse of earth layers. The cave is 1,3 km to the North of the village of
Trigrad. The temperature inside is 8oC.
Along an artificially dug tunnel (150m), one can reach an impressive cave hall that could accommodate the
Alexander Nevski Cathedral in
Sofia. A winding steep cement staircase leads from the hall to the natural entrance of the cave. While climbing, the visitor can see one of the highest underground waterfalls in Europe (42m).
LEGENDS
A legend says it was here that Orpheus went under earth to the kingdom of Hades to save his beloved Euridika.
According to a Thracian legend it was here that the chieftains threw themselves into to become immortal. People believed with veneration that it was the entrance to the other world, the way to immortality. To propitiate the evil they offered as a sacrifice the most beautiful girls.
The local inhabitants tell the story that anything enters into the underground labyrinth never goes out.
The cave is opened for visitors all around the year.
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