Chit Kaya

Chit Kaya is a rock sanctuary in Bulgaria It consists of 50 rock niches in the cliffs above the village of Lisicite. Yet no one has given irrefutable hypothesis what was the purpose of the grooves in the rock, which even today’s climbers could hardly cut down without encountering a bunch of difficulties. How they were made thousands of years ago and for what purpose we still do not know for sure. But will tell you the different hypotheses later. At the foot of Chit Kaya, you will clearly see the profile of a man. In the area, there are also whimsical rocks which resemble aliens, skulls, faces and other figures.
To get to the Lisicite village situated 15 km away from Kardzhali you need to go through the longest cable-stayed bridge in Bulgaria – with a length of 261 meters. To reach Chit Kaya rock or “masonry” as the name is translated you have to walk about an hour more. The locals will guide you, but generally, any path will get you to the place. Most prefer to take on one that departs from the general store in the village or at least what’s left of the building. There is marking which starts at the fountain next to the bridge. The beginning of the trail offers a magnificent view of the dam “Studen kladenec”
Hypotheses about the rock niches in the Eastern Rhodopes are few, but each raises more questions. One of them states that the niches were funeral facilities, wherein the ashes after burning the deceased. However, there is not a single evidence for that. According to another theory, the niches are related to the beliefs of the Thracians, who supposedly are the authors of the rock holes. Third states that the making of such niche in inaccessible place served as an initiation for young people. According to another hypothesis, the rock niches actually represent a map of the gold deposits in the Rhodope Mountains.