Seuthopolis

Seuthopolis ( Bulgarian Севтополис, ancient Greek Σευθόπολις, "City of Seuthes ") was the residence of the Thracian King Seuthes III .. Seuthopolis is located approximately 5 km west of the town of Kazanlak, which lies 200 km southeast of the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

History

Seuthopolis was about three kilometers south of the present-day village Koprinka, near Kazanlak, at the mouth of the river Goliama Warowiza in Tundscha. The city was built in the late 4th century BC, following the example of the Greek polis by the Thracians and was still up in the 260s BC. The pentagonal urban area of ​​Seuthopolis was surrounded by a 890 m long city wall and covered five acres. Was located at the Agora a Dionysus temple, an altar in the Agora. In the northern part of Seuthopolis, surrounded by its own wall, there was a fortified enclosure, probably the residence of Seuthes III.

The city possessed by the numerous found Amphora Stamps extensive trade relations, crafts ( pottery and metal processing ) was well developed. The city minted its own coins.

The ruins of the city in 1948 (now Koprinka reservoir) discovered in the course of construction for Georgi Dimitrov Dam and until its completion explored. Despite the sensational find was the dam, which was a prestigious project of the Bulgarian Communists, completed and set the ruins underwater.

In the fall of 2008, a plan was published, the ruins of the city dry out again by means of a built around them concrete ring and make as archaeologists and visitors to accessible again. To carry out this plan it was not until today.