Patmos Fortress

Patmos Fortress
Ruins of the walls of Patmos
Patmos Fortress
General information
Architectural styleFortress
Town or cityBorovitsa
CountryBulgaria
Coordinates41°40′55″N 25°13′50″E / 41.68194°N 25.23056°E / 41.68194; 25.23056
Construction started5th–14th century

Patmos (Bulgarian: Патмос) is a medieval fortress in the Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria rising over a promontory near the confluence of the rivers Arda and Borovitsa. A few kilometers to the west upstream the valley of the Arda are located the ruins of the fortress of Krivus.