Comenius project - MCIMC. The ancient Appolonia Pontica

1. Mutual Cultural Influence of
Colonization and Migration
General Secondary School “Hristo
Botev” - Aytos

4. Apollonia is an ancient Greek
name of the modern town of
Sozopol. The town is seaside
resort located 35 km south of
Burgas on the southern Black
Sea Coast of Bulgaria.

6. Sozopol is one of the oldest towns
on Bulgarian Thrace's Black Sea
coast. The first settlement on the
site dates back to the Bronze
Age. Many anchors from the
second and first millennium BC
have been discovered in the
town's bay, a proof of active
shipping since ancient times.

8. In 610 BC the site of today's
Sozopol was founded colony
(polis) of Miletus Greeks named
Apollonia Pontica. City name
comes from the God Apollo,
considered the protector of the
colony.

10. • Architectural and archaeological
reserve Old Sozopol
• Thracian fortresses in the region
of Bakarlaka
• Thracian tombs
• Ancient necropolis
• Walls VI-XIV century

12. In 1961 the Holy Synod of the
church provides the building of
St. Cyril and Methodius to create
a museum that can be stored
and exposed archaeological
materials found in Sozopol and
the surrounding area.

14. St. Ivan Island
is a nature and
archaeological
reserve. It is the
largest of five
islands in the
Bulgarian Black
Sea coast.

16. This project has been funded with
support from the European
Commission.
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