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Tsarska Bistritsa

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Tsarska Bistritsa
Tsarska Bistritsa. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Tsarska Bistritsa ("Tsar's Bistritsa"; Bulgarian: Царска Бистрица) is a former royal palace in southwestern Bulgaria, high in the Rila Mountains, just above the resort of Borovets and near the banks of the Bistritsa River. The hunting lodge was built between 1898 and 1914, it served as the hunting lodge of Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria and his son Boris III.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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