GARE ROUTIÈRE DE DEMIR KAPIJA (АВТОБУСКА СТАНИЦА ДЕМИР КАПИЈА)

The ruins of this fortress (Просек) emerge from the vegetation at 400 m above sea level, just above the beginning of the Demir Kapija gorge. The rectangular layout of the enclosure is still visible. It is the stronghold of the Aromanian lord Dobromir Chrysos who formed a micro-state here at the end of the ^12th century, when the region was disputed between Byzantines, Serbs and Bulgarians. The site was then occupied by another rebel nobleman, the Bulgarian Strez, before falling into oblivion until 1948. A 2.5 km path leads to it from Partizanska Street.