Lyutibrod ( bg, Лютиброд) is a village in
Mezdra Municipality
Mezdra ( bg, Мездра ) is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. It is located on the left bank of the Iskar River just north of its gorge through the Balkan Mountains.
History
Although the area around it has been inhabite ...
in
Vratsa Province
Vratsa Province ( bg, Област Враца ''Oblast Vraca'', former name Okrug, Vraca okrug) is a Bulgarian province located in the northwestern part of the country, between Danube river in the north and Stara Planina mountain in the south. I ...
, western
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...
. As of 2007 it has a population of 452. The village is situated in the northern end of the
Iskar Gorge The Iskar Gorge is a gorge passing through the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina) in Bulgaria. It is the chief pass through the Balkans, which otherwise cross northern Bulgaria in a solid line. The pass connects the capital of Sofia with other major ...
, on the right bank of the
river of the same name. On the opposite bank of the river are the
Ritlite rock formation and the
Cherepish Monastery is located at several kilometers to the south. The former settlement Korites, abandoned in the 15th century, contain the ruins of four medieval churches, including a 5th-century basilica.
[ Мичев, Михаил. ''Изчезнали селища в предбалканската зона на Врачанско и Ботевградско, Известия на българското историческо дружество'', кн. XXXVI, С. 1984, с. 35-39]
Honours
Lyutibrod Rocks in
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
are named after Lyutibrod.
Footnotes
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Villages in Vratsa Province