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Divochy Skely, or Maiden Rocks, is a mountain and rock system in the Kremenets Mountains within the Kremenets Mountains National Park. Divochy Skely's maximum height is 375,9 meters.
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The Rocks are located on the northeastern outskirts of the city of Kremenets in the Ternopil region.
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According to a legend, the maidens, in order not to be captured by the Tatars, tied themselves with braids and threw themselves off the rocks, which were thereafter named in their honor.
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According to another legend, the maidens' bodies turned into huge stone blocks lying at the foot of the rocks.
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