Sozopol Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum in the city of Sozopol deals with the history and archeology of the more than 2500-year history of the city, which was first known as the Greek colony of Apollonia Pontica . The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church presented in 1961 the building of the St.. St Cyril and Methodius Church at Chan Krum Square 2. (ул. Хан Крум second ) over the main road Apolonia for the establishment of the museum are available, so that valuable artifacts from the history of the Sozopol region could be exhibited in a first special exhibition.
The museum's collection today includes many unique archaeological exhibits from the 5th millennium BC. A further focus of the collections is on Christian art from the 17th to 19th centuries and includes icons , carved iconostases and liturgical implements. The exhibits of the museum document the ancient metallurgy , trade and shipping of the Black Sea region and products of ancient and medieval crafts. A collection of 120 intact amphorae is also interesting .
The museum is listed as No. 8 in the list of 100 national tourist objects of Bulgaria and houses a center for underwater archeology.
The historian Dimitar Nedew has been director of the museum since 1992.
literature
- Manfred Oppermann : Thracians, Greeks and Romans on the west coast of the Black Sea . Zabern's illustrated books on archeology . Zabern, Mainz 2007, ISBN 978-3-8053-3739-7 .
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Coordinates: 42 ° 25 ′ 18.9 ″ N , 27 ° 41 ′ 33.7 ″ E