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Apollonia Pontica. Mirem 9b class. Apollonia Pontica. 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. History.

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Mirem 9b class

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  1. Apollonia Pontica Mirem 9b class

  2. Apollonia Pontica 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.

  3. History 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.

  4. Apollonia 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.

  5. God Apollo

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

  7. House in old town Remains of walls

  8. Archaeological Museum 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.

  9. The entrance to the Archaeological Museum

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

  11. Treasures

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