| There are many interesting, beautiful and deeply | | | | very hard trying to find a solution. After many days |
| moving legends in Bulgarian history. For those who | | | | they arrived at a decision that the river wants |
| are not aware of this, Bulgaria was under the yoke | | | | something and they should offer up a sacrifice. In |
| of the Ottoman Empire for five hundred years. Many | | | | order to build the bridge and fulfill their task, the |
| of the Bulgarian legends are connected with that | | | | three brothers decided to built-in within the stone |
| very sad phase of Bulgarian history. One of the | | | | walls of the bridge one of their beautiful and beloved |
| legends is telling us about the way Kadin bridge | | | | wives. Since they could not choose which one, they |
| (Kadin Most in Bulgarian) was built. It is one of the | | | | decided that the busiest one, who is going to bring |
| most famous bridges left till now. Kadin bridge is in | | | | her husband lunch first, should be the one. |
| the village of Nevestino, near the city of Kiustendil, | | | | It turned out that it was the wife of master Manol. |
| the Soutwestern Bulgaria. The bridge is made of | | | | Her name was Struma. She came first, bringing the |
| stone and it is remarkably beautiful. There is still | | | | bread she baked for her husband and carrying their |
| inscription on it saying that it was built by the order | | | | first child. Then the brothers built her in the middle of |
| of vizir Ishak Pasha during the reign of sultan | | | | the bridge vault. The poor woman was begging for |
| Mehmed ?? who is also known as "The Conqueror". | | | | mercy and crying. Finally, when she understood that |
| The legend says that the vizir decided to build the | | | | they will not change their minds, the only thing that |
| bridge because one day while he was on his way to | | | | she asked crying was to leave holes for her eyes |
| Bosnia, he couldn’t cross the swift-flowing river | | | | and for her breast so she could see and feed her |
| of Struma. As the story tells, there were three | | | | child. Before long the misfortuned mother died and |
| brothers who were assigned to build the bridge. So | | | | her milk turned into stone on the walls of the bridge. |
| the three young men started building it but whatever | | | | Since then many nursing mothers from all over the |
| they did, they worked in vain. Because what they | | | | country come to the bridge, take piece of the stone, |
| managed to build during the day, the river destroyed | | | | boil it and drink the water in order to have enough |
| it at night and washed everything away. The | | | | milk for their children. |
| brothers were wondering what to do. They thought | | | | |