“Utroba Cave” Cult Complex

 cave(s), interesting place, Thracian heritage

Tangardak Kaya (Utroba - Wamb) Cave is formed in a separate Karst rock massif, close to the ridge of the Ilinitsa elevation. The rocks are Cretaceous limestone. They have been subject to the strong influence of the endogenous forces (tectonic movements). The processes of physical and chemical weathering have led to the formation of an entrance a widened tectonic fissure in the base of which there are several small terraces. Later, following the main tectonic fissure, an artificial gallery was created. The gallery is 12 m long and has an average width of 1.5 m. In the foundation, following the fissure a very sloped corridor had been created. This corridor leads to the entrance of the cave. At the caves ground level the gallerys entrance opening is widened in its foundation. The vertical section, looked at from the inside, has the form of the ellipse with a big eccentricity. The caves bottom had been formed especially to fulfill obviously some altar functions. This bottom was hewn in the rock as a small terrace.

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