Lyutitsa

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Coordinates". Lyutitsa (Template:Langx) is one of the largest and best preserved castles in the easternmost part of the Eastern Rhodopes, located 3.5 hours' walk south-west of Ivaylovgrad,[1] in southernmost Bulgaria. It is also known as the "Marble City" because its walls are made of white marble.

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Honour

Lyutitsa Nunatak on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Lyutitsa.

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