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Karstic limestone formations lurk underground throughout the region, and the river running beneath the junction of the Pleven and Veliko Tarnovo highways emerges as the Glavna Panega spring near Zlatna Panega on the Pleven road (bear right just before the village), where it forms two lakes whose waters remain at an even temperature (10-12.5°C) whatever the season. The Roman legend of the fair but afflicted Panega, who was cured by bathing here, seems to have been the model for apocryphal stories relating to other spas - the "Virgin's Pass" near Kostenets, for example. The last stage of the route to Pleven is pretty straightforward, and after passing through Cherven Bryag (the junction for trains to Oryahovo on the Danube), the E83 highway follows the same course as the Sofia-Pleven railway. Although trains don't stop there, motorists can visit Lavrov Park near the village of Gorni Dubnik en route. On October 24, 1877, during the War of Liberation, the Russians flung themselves upon the Turkish redoubt that stood here guarding the road to Plevna, inspired by the suicidal heroism of General Lavrov, their commander. There's now a small museum near the park entrance exhibiting the kind of plans beloved of wargamers, and a statue of a Bulgarian and a Soviet soldier entitled "Eternal Friendship". On the opposite side of the road, an ossuary contains the bones of Lavrov and his men.
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