Old Bridge, Svilengrad

A flood destroyed some of the arches in 1766. Reconstruction was completed in 1809.Bridges in Bulgaria. Arch stone bridge over Maritsa River at Svilengrad town . Visited 11 May 2006. The Ottoman army tried to destroy the bridge as it retreated from a Bulgarian advance after the Battle of Lule Burgas during the First Balkan War in November 1912.

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