Above the Bulgarian town of Melnik are the ruins of the castle of Despot Aleksiy Slav. They date back to the period of the 13th century, when Melnik was the capital of an independent feudal principality in Bulgaria

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Location: Sandanski, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
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