It is located in the center of the village of Nevestino, Kyustendil district. It was built in 1470, during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II. According to the most popular legend, the construction of the bridge was not going very well, because everything that the masters built during the day was carried away at night by the stormy waters of the Struma river. And so, the masters decided that for its successful completion they would have to sacrifice one of their wives; to be the first one to bring them food in the morning. The Struma bride, the wife of Master Manol, came first and she was walled up in the foundations of the bridge. Hence the bridge is called „Bride“, in Turkish „Kadan“.
The motive of sacrificing the first wife to bring the food to workers in the morning is present in Serbian heritage. It is the motive of the Serbian epic poem “Zidanje Skadra“ (The Walling of the Skadar). The poem describes the building of a fortress on the Bojana river at Skadar by the Mrnjavcevic brothers. Gojko was obliged to wall up his young wife alive within the walls of the fortress as a sacrifice demanded by the mountain vila (a fairy similar to a nymph, in Slavic mythology). According to several authors, there was a belief at this period of time that it was impossible to build a large building without a human sacrifice. Kadin Bridge is considered to be one of the most remarkable monuments of construction in Bulgaria from XV century. The bridge offers a beautiful view of the Rila Mountains.
