Ancient City of Nessebar World Heritage Site

Official name

Ancient City of Nessebar | UNESCO

Country

Bulgaria | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

Burgas Province
42.6561° Lat, 27.7300° Lon | Map

Code

217

Time Zone

Europe/Sofia (EEST, +0300)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1983. Situated on a rocky peninsula on the Black Sea, the more than 3,000-year-old site of Nessebar was originally a Thracian settlement (Menebria). At the beginning of the 6th century BC, the city became a Greek colony. The city’s remains, which date mostly from the Hellenistic period, include the acropolis, a temple of Apollo, an agora and a wall from the Thracian fortifications. Among other monuments, the Stara Mitropolia Basilica and the fortress date from the Middle Ages, when this was one of the most important Byzantine towns on the west coast of the Black Sea. Wooden houses built in the 19th century are typical of the Black Sea architecture of the period.