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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.
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.
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.
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Architectural and archaeological
reserve Old Sozopol
Thracian fortresses in the region
of Bakarlaka
Thracian tombs
Ancient necropolis
Walls VI-XIV century
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.
St. Ivan Island
is a nature and
archaeological
reserve. It is the
largest of five
islands in the
Bulgarian Black
Sea coast.