Natural Heritage
The “Bride and Groom” Rocks
Fshati: Senisht, Njësia Administrative: Velçan, Bashkia Pogradec
The “Bride and Groom” rocks are two 3-metre-high stones standing face to face. They are made of limestone, though not of the same hardness. Wind and karst processes have shaped them into a “bride” and a “groom”, and a legend tells that they were once people who were turned to stone together with the wedding party after the bride's family cursed them, because the bride had not been taken according to tradition but had been abducted. Local people also call them “the bride's stones”.
Monument record
- Ownership
- State-owned
- Type
- Geological monument (geomonument)
- Current condition
- In good condition
- Distance from Pogradec city centre
- About 56 km to the south-west.
How to get there
Travel only by 4x4 vehicle is recommended, as the road is in poor condition.
What it offers
- Natural Monument
