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The Madara Rider 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 early 8th century. The monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. The relief sculpture depicts a majestic horseman, approximately 23 m above ground level, carved into an almost vertical 100 m-high cliff. The horseman is depicted striking a lion with his spear, followed by a dog. The sculpture is almost life-size. In addition to its significance as a large-scale, highly realistic artwork embedded into a natural environment, it also offers historical inscriptions related to the establishment of the Bulgarian state with mentions of the rulers of Bulgaria Khan Tervel (reigned 700–721), Khan Kormisosh (reigned 721-738) and Khan Omurtag (reigned 814–831). The inscriptions around the Madara Rider describe events which took place between 705 and 801.
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Title: Madara Rider
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The Madara Rider 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 early 8th century.
The monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
The relief sculpture depicts a majestic horseman, approximately 23 m above ground level, carved into an almost vertical 100 m-high cliff.
The horseman is depicted striking a lion with his spear, followed by a dog.
The sculpture is almost life-size.
In addition to its significance as a large-scale, highly realistic artwork embedded into a natural environment, it also offers historical inscriptions related to the establishment of the Bulgarian state with mentions of the rulers of Bulgaria Khan Tervel (reigned 700–721), Khan Kormisosh (reigned 721-738) and Khan Omurtag (reigned 814–831).
The inscriptions around the Madara Rider describe events which took place between 705 and 801.
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