255Sites
Ancient sites in Bulgaria
255 places of the ancient world in Bulgaria: cities and settlements 113, forts and camps 63, bridges, road stations and ports 38, tombs and cemeteries 11, temples and sanctuaries 8. Most often first recorded: Roman period.
113Cities and settlements
8Temples and sanctuaries
8Villas and houses
7Eras
Where the ancient sites are
Before 750 BCArchaic periodClassical periodHellenistic periodRoman periodLate AntiquityMiddle Ages
When they first appear
Before 750 BC4
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC1
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC11
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC26
Roman period30 BC – AD 300183
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 64022
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 14532
By kind
Cities and settlements113
Forts and camps63
Bridges, road stations and ports38
Tombs and cemeteries11
Temples and sanctuaries8
Villas and houses8
Theatres and amphitheatres5
Aqueducts and baths4
Archaeological sites4
Mines and quarries1
The best-known sites
MesembriaSettlement · Before 750 BC – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
NesebarNicopolis ad IstrumSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
PolikraishteAleksandrovo tumulusTomb or cemetery · Hellenistic period · World Heritage
AleksandrovoSeuthopolisSettlement · Hellenistic period
KazanlakOdessusSettlement · Classical period – Late Antiquity
VarnaPhilippopolis / TrimontiumSettlement · Hellenistic period – Middle Ages
PlovdivOescusSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
GigenSerdicaTheatre or arena · Roman period – Late Antiquity
SofiaBeroe / Augusta TraianaSettlement · Hellenistic period – Middle Ages
Stara ZagoraDeultumSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
DebeltDionysopolis / KrounoiSettlement · Classical period – Late Antiquity
BalchikAbrittusSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
RazgradAnchialusSettlement · Classical period – Late Antiquity
PomorieDiocletianopolisSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
HisaryaKabyleSettlement · Before 750 BC – Late Antiquity
KabileMarcianopolisSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
DevnyaNovaeSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
SvishtovPautaliaSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
KyustendilHerakleia SintikeSettlement · Classical period – Late Antiquity
General TodorovBononiaSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
VidinMontanaSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
MontanaRatiariaSettlement · Roman period
ArcharApollonia Pontica / SozopolisSettlement · Classical period – Late Antiquity
SozopolNaulochos / Templum IovisSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
ObzorRegions
Every site
BlagoevgradSites: 24
VratsaSites: 19
VidinSites: 19
SofiaSites: 18
PlevenSites: 15
PlovdivSites: 15
MontanaSites: 15
BurgasSites: 14
HaskovoSites: 13
Stara ZagoraSites: 12
KyustendilSites: 12
DobrichSites: 10
VarnaSites: 9
Sofia-CapitalSites: 9
Veliko TarnovoSites: 7
LovechSites: 6
KardzhaliSites: 6
RuseSites: 5
PernikSites: 5
ShumenSites: 4
PazardzhikSites: 4
SilistraSites: 4
RazgradSites: 4
GabrovoSites: 2
YambolSites: 2
SlivenSites: 2