Sozopol
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Sozopol is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. One of the major seaside resorts in the country, it is known for the Apollonia art and film
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A reconstructed gate part of Sozopol's ancient fortifications
Terracotta plaque of ancient Greek hoplites (Louvre)
4th century BC Apollonia Pontica tetradrachm showing Apollo and an upright anchor
Nesebar
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Nesebar is an ancient city and one of the major seaside resorts on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, located in Burgas Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Nesebar Municipality. Of
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…Apollonia, on account of a temple dedicated to Apollo in the town. Apollonia became a legendary trading rival of another Greek colony, Mesembria, today's Nessebar. There were two temples of Apollo Iatros (Ancient Greek: Ἀπόλλων Ἰατρός), meaning healer in Greek. One was from the Late Archaic Greece and the other…
From top left: Northern harbour, Church of Christ Pantokrator, The wooden windmill on the isthmus, Church of St John Aliturgetos, Old house and town walls, Church of St Sophia, Southern bay of the old town
Fortifications at the entrance of Nesebar
Church of Christ Pantokrator
Church of St. Stephen