Monyak
| Monyak Fortress | |
|---|---|
Monyak Fortress | |
Monyak Fortress | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Fortress |
| Location | Shiroko pole, Bulgaria |
| Coordinates | 41°38′45.6″N 25°26′27.96″E / 41.646000°N 25.4411000°E |
| Construction started | 11th century |
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Monyak (Bulgarian: Моняк) is a 12th-century medieval fortress in the Rhodope Mountains of southern Bulgaria, mentioned in the chronicles of the Fourth Crusade as Chastel de Moniac in Old French. It had a strategic role in protecting the Zhelezna Vrata Pass.