“Driven stones” ( Bulgarian: Beat the stones , “Beat the stones”, “Stone forest”, “Diliktash” - from the tour. Dikili taş - the driven stone) - rock formations in Bulgaria , located 18 km from Varna on both sides of the road Varna - Sofia near the villages of Slynchevo , Banovo and Strasimirovo and the city of Devnya . Distributed into large and small groups on an area of 7 km² [ specify ] .
| Driven stones | |
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| bulg. Beat the stones | |
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| IUCN Category VI (Sustainable Management Area) | |
| basic information | |
| Square | 2.53 km² |
| Established | 1937 year |
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| Region | Varna region |
| Nearest town | Devnya |
They are stone columns with a height of 5 to 7 m (some up to 10 m), a thickness of 0.3 to 3 m of different sections. The columns are not solid, hollow and filled with sand.
There are several hypotheses of their origin, which can be combined into two main groups - organic and inorganic origin. The first of them explains the appearance of columns by the accumulation of coral and algae; according to the second, their prismatic form is the result of weathering of rocks, like the “ Bridge of Giants ” in Northern Ireland, or the formation of sand-limestone nodules. In order to preserve the unique object, in 1937 the rocks were declared a natural monument .
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