Welcome to the Background Infonotes section of ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com!
This section is designed to give you, our readers, background information about the archaeological sites, structures, and artifacts in Bulgaria which are mentioned in our archaeological news articles every day. This is no “Wikipedia”, i.e. the Background Infonotes are not exhaustive articles on each respective topic – they are simply designed to give you as readers a quick and brief but nonetheless informative overview of the respective archaeological site, structure, or artifact existing in Bulgaria. That is why you can also find the respective Background Infonotes at the end of our news articles. We hope you’ll find them useful!
Fortresses, Cities, Settlements
- Aquae Calidae–Thermopolis – Bulgaria’s Burgas
- Abritus – Razgrad, Bulgaria
- Apollonia Pontica – Sozopolis – Sozopol, Bulgaria
- Asen’s Fortress – Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
- Augusta Traiana – Vereia – Boruy – Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
- Bononia – Bdin & Baba Vida Castle – Vidin, Bulgaria
- Burgos (Poros) Fortress on Cape Foros – Burgas, Bulgaria
- Buzovo Kale Fortress – Buzovgrad, Bulgaria
- Cherven Fortress – Cherven, Bulgaria
- Durostorum (Dorostorum) – Drastar – Silistra, Bulgaria
- Germania (Germaneia) – Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria
- Gorni (Upper) Voden Fortress – Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
- Heraclea Sintica – Petrich, Bulgaria
- Kabile – Yambol, Bulgaria
- Kaleto Fortress – Koshnitsa, Bulgaria
- Kaleto Fortress – Mezdra, Bulgaria
- Kaleto Fortress – Banya, Bulgaria
- Kastritsi Fortress – Euxinograd (Varna), Bulgaria
- Krakra Fortress – Pernik, Bulgaria
- Maiden’s Fortress (Devingrad) – Tarnovgrad – Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
- Mezek (Neoutzikon) – Mezek, Bulgaria
- Montanesiusm – Kutlovitsa – Montana, Bulgaria
- Nebet Tepe Fortress – Philipopolis – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Nicopolis Ad Nestum – Garmen, Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria
- Novae Fortress – Svishtov, Bulgaria
- Odessos – Varna, Bulgaria
- Perperikon (Perperik) Fortress – Kardzhali, Bulgaria
- Rahovets Fortress – Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria
- Ratiaria (Colonia Ulpia Traiana Ratiaria) – Archar, Bulgaria
- Ranuli – Primorsko, Bulgaria
- Roman Ceramic Factory and Roman Villa – Pavlikeni, Bulgaria
- Rusocastro Fortress – Rusocastro, Bulgaria
- Scaidava Fortress – Batin, Bulgaria
- Serdica – Sredets – Sofia, Bulgaria
- Sexaginta Prista – Ruse, Bulgaria
- Shkorpilovtsi Fortress (Quadriburg) – Shkorpilovtsi, Bulgaria
- Ancient Bulgar Wall (Rampart) – Shkorpilovtsi, Bulgaria
- Slavnata Kanara (Glorious Rock) Fortress – Debrene / Prilep, Bulgaria
- Sostra Fortress – Troyan, Bulgaria
- St. Athanasius Cape Fortress – Byala, Varna District, Bulgaria
- Talaskara (Cape Chervenka, Chrisosotira) Fortress – Chernomorets, Bulgaria
- Transmarisca Fortress – Tutrakan, Bulgaria
- Trapesitsa Hill Fortress in Tarnovgrad – Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
- Tuida Fortress – Sliven, Bulgaria
- Ulpia Oescus – Gigen, Bulgaria
- Urvich Fortress – Sofia, Bulgaria
- Vratitsa (Gradishte) Fortress – Vratsa, Bulgaria
- Zaldapa Fortress – Abrit / Dobrin, Bulgaria
- Mursalevo Early Neolithic Settlement – Mursalevo, Bulgaria
- Ohoden Early Neolithic Settlement – Ohoden, Bulgaria
- Yabalkovo Early Neolithic Settlement – Yabalkovo, Bulgaria
Buildings & Structures
- Great Basilica ‘St. Sofia’ in Pliska – Pliska, Bulgaria
- Boyana Church – Sredets – Sofia, Bulgaria
- St. George Church – Velbazhd – Kyustendil, Bulgaria
- St. Sofia Basilica – Serdica, Sredets – Sofia, Bulgaria
- Great Basilica – Philipopolis – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Small Basilica – Philipopolis – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Early Christian Church & Monastery in Dzhanavara – Varna, Bulgaria
- Early Christian Monastery “St. John the Forerunner” – Kardzhali, Bulgaria
- Early Christian Rock Monastery – Balik, Bulgaria
Tombs & Tumuli (Burial Mounds)
- The Valley of Thracian Kings – Kazanlak / Shipka, Bulgaria
- Thracian Tomb Helvetia – Kazanlak, Bulgaria
- Thracian ‘Griffin’s’ Tomb – Kazanlak, Bulgaria
- Thracian Tomb Mezek – Mezek, Bulgaria
- Thracian Burial Mound ‘Pamuk Mogila’ – Brestovitsa, Bulgaria
- Thracian Shrine on Mount Ostrets – Velingrad, Bulgaria
- Thracian Shrine Beglik Tash – Primorsko, Bulgaria
- Thracian Cromlech (Stone Circle) – Staro Zhelezare, Bulgaria
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