Sozopol
Sign in to saveSozopol ( ; ) is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. One of the major seaside resorts in the country, it is known for the Apollonia art and film festival (which takes place in early September) that is named after one of the town's ancient names. Part of Burgas Province and administrative centre of the homonymous Sozopol Municipality, as of December 2009, the town has a population of 5,410 inhabitants.
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Sozopol is an ancient seaside town on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, located 35 km south of Burgas, and serves as one of the country's major beach resorts. The town is widely known for hosting the Apollonia art and film festival each September, named after the town's ancient Greek name.
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18 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Later periods
- Colossal statue of Apollo
- Archaeology
- Ecclesiastical history
- The vampire of Sozopol
- Geography
- Climate
- Notable natives
- Honours
- Sport
- Gallery
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Sozopol ( ; ) is an ancient seaside town located 35 km south of Burgas on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. One of the major seaside resorts in the country, it is known for the Apollonia art and film festival (which takes place in early September) that is named after one of the town's ancient names. Part of Burgas Province and administrative centre of the homonymous Sozopol Municipality, as of December 2009, the town has a population of 5,410 inhabitants.
In antiquity, the place was the site of a prosperous Greek colony named Antheia and later known as Apollonia. In 72 BC it was devastated by a Roman siege, and became a small town of lesser importance. By the first century AD, the name Sozopolis began to appear in written records.
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