Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
| Thracian tomb of Kazanlak Казанлъшка гробница |
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UNESCO world heritage 
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 Bulgaria
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | (ii) (iii) (iv) |
| Surface: | 0.0155 ha |
| Buffer zone: | 7.09 hectares |
| Reference No .: | 44 |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 1979 ( session 3 ) |
The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak ( Bulgarian Тракийска гробница в Казанлък or Казанлъшка гробница) is a brick-vaulted "beehive" tomb near the city of Kazanlak in central Bulgaria . It is located near the ancient Thracian capital Seuthopolis .
The tomb is part of a large Thracian necropolis . Both the burial chamber and the vestibule are decorated with wall paintings, which among other things depict a Thracian couple at a funeral party. The Thracian tomb of Kazanlak dates back to the 4th century BC. BC and is the best preserved work of art from the time of the Thracians in Bulgaria.
In 1979 it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List .
literature
- Lyudmila Zhivkova : The tomb of Kazanlak. Bongers, Recklinghausen 1973.
- Ivan Wenedikov , Тодор Герасимов: Тракийското изкуство . Sofia 1973.
- Ivan Marazov : К иконографии и семантике росписей Казанлыкской гробницы , In: Pulpudeva Volume 2, 1976, pp. 367-381.
- Ivan Marazov: Към семантиката на стенописите от Казанлъшката гробница , In: Zeitschrift Изкуство 28, No. 7, 1978, pp. 21-25.
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Heritage: Boyana Church (1979) | Rock relief of the rider of Madara (1979) | Thracian tomb at Kazanlak (1979) | Ivanovo Rock Churches (1979) | Rila Monastery (1983) | Old town of Nessebar (1983) | Thracian tomb of Sveshtari (1983)
Natural heritage: Srebarna Biosphere Reserve (1983) | Pirin National Park (1983) | Old beech forests and primeval beech forests of the Carpathian Mountains and other regions of Europe (2017)
Coordinates: 42 ° 37 ′ 32.7 " N , 25 ° 23 ′ 57.1" E