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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84" title="سوزوبول – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سوزوبول" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84" title="سوزوپول – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="سوزوپول" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB" title="Созопол – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Созопол" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soz%C3%B2pol" title="Sozòpol – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sozòpol" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol_(lungsod_sa_Bulgariya)" title="Sozopol (lungsod sa Bulgariya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Sozopol (lungsod sa Bulgariya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosopol" title="Sosopol – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sosopol" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%89%CE%B6%CF%8C%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B7" title="Σωζόπολη – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σωζόπολη" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84" title="سوزوپول – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سوزوپول" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol_(ville)" title="Sozopol (ville) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sozopol (ville)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%8C%EC%A1%B0%ED%8F%B4" title="소조폴 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="소조폴" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%B8%D5%A6%D5%B8%D5%BA%D5%B8%D5%AC" title="Սոզոպոլ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սոզոպոլ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Созополь – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Созополь" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%96%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C" title="סוזופול – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סוזופול" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopolis" title="Sozopolis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Sozopolis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szozopol" title="Szozopol – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Szozopol" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB" title="Созопол – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Созопол" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%82%BE%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AB" title="ソゾポル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ソゾポル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB" title="Созопол – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Созопол" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%86%D8%B2%DB%86%D9%BE%DB%86%D9%84" title="سۆزۆپۆل – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="سۆزۆپۆل" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB" title="Созопол – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Созопол" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Sozopol" data-language-autonym="Svenska" 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class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°25′N</span> <span class="longitude">27°42′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.417°N 27.700°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.417; 27.700</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Bulgaria" title="Provinces of Bulgaria">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Burgas_Province" title="Burgas Province">Burgas</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Bulgaria" title="Municipalities of Bulgaria">Municipality</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sozopol_Municipality" title="Sozopol Municipality">Sozopol</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Tihomir Yanakiev (<a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Socialist_Party" title="Bulgarian Socialist Party">BSP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Resort</div></th><td class="infobox-data">21.11 km<sup>2</sup> (8.15 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2010)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Resort</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,679</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">270/km<sup>2</sup> (700/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">14,789</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_postal_codes_in_Bulgaria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of postal codes in Bulgaria (page does not exist)">Postal Code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">8130</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0550</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sozopol.bg">sozopol<wbr />.bg</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sozopol</b> (<a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>: <span lang="bg">Созопол</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="bg-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Bulgarian" title="Help:IPA/Bulgarian">[soˈzɔpoɫ]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Σωζόπολις</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" title="Romanization of Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Greek-language romanization"><i lang="el-Latn">Sozopolis</i></span>) <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Bulgaria" title="List of cities and towns in Bulgaria">is an ancient seaside town</a> located 35 km south of <a href="/wiki/Burgas" title="Burgas">Burgas</a> on the southern <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Black_Sea_Coast" title="Bulgarian Black Sea Coast">Bulgarian Black Sea Coast</a>. One of the major seaside resorts in the country, it is known for the <i>Apollonia</i> art and film festival (which takes place in early September) that is named after one of the town's ancient names. Part of <a href="/wiki/Burgas_Province" title="Burgas Province">Burgas Province</a> and administrative centre of the homonymous <a href="/wiki/Sozopol_Municipality" title="Sozopol Municipality">Sozopol Municipality</a>, as of December 2009, the town has a population of 5,410 inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-statistika_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statistika-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In antiquity, the place was the site of a prosperous <a href="/wiki/Greek_colonisation" title="Greek colonisation">Greek colony</a> named <i>Antheia</i> and later known as <i>Apollonia.</i> In 72 BC it was devastated by a <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> siege, and became a small town of lesser importance. By the first century AD, the name <i>Sozopolis</i> began to appear in written records. </p><p>The busiest times of the year are the summer months, ranging from May to September, as tourists from around the world come to enjoy the weather, sandy beaches, history and culture, fusion cuisine (<a href="/wiki/Balkan_cuisine" title="Balkan cuisine">Balkan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_cuisine" title="Mediterranean cuisine">Mediterranean</a>), and atmosphere of the colourful resort. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original name of the city is attested as <i>Antheia</i> (Ἄνθεια in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Greek</a>) but was soon renamed to <i>Apollonia</i> (Ἀπολλωνία). At various times, Apollonia was known as <i>Apollonia Pontica</i> (Ἀπολλωνία ἡ Ποντική, that is, "Apollonia on the Black Sea", the ancient <i>Pontus Euxinus</i>) and <i>Apollonia Magna</i> ("Great Apollonia"). By the first century AD, the name <i>Sozopolis</i> (Σωζόπολις) began to appear in written records. During the Ottoman rule which began in 1453, the town was known as <i>Sizebolu</i>, <i>Sizeboli</i> or <i>Sizebolou</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_language plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-notice skin-invert-image" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Translation_to_english_arrow.svg/50px-Translation_to_english_arrow.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Translation_to_english_arrow.svg/75px-Translation_to_english_arrow.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Translation_to_english_arrow.svg/100px-Translation_to_english_arrow.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="20" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size:100%; padding: 0px;"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center; padding-right: 3em; font-weight: normal; text-align: left">You can help <b>expand this article with text translated from <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonia_Pontica" class="extiw" title="de:Apollonia Pontica">the corresponding article</a> in German</b>.  <i><small>(April 2018)</small></i> <small>Click [show] for important translation instructions.</small></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/translate?&u=https%3A%2F%2Fde.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FApollonia_Pontica&sl=de&tl=en&prev=_t&hl=en">View</a> a machine-translated version of the German article.</li> <li>Machine translation, like <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://deepl.com">DeepL</a> or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/">Google Translate</a>, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.</li> <li>Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. 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The first settlement on the site dates back to the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>. Undersea explorations in the region of the port reveal relics of dwellings, ceramic pottery, stone and bone tools from that era. Many anchors from the second and first millennium BC have been discovered in the town's bay, a proof of active shipping since ancient times. </p><p>The town was founded in the 7th century BC by <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">ancient Greek</a> <a href="/wiki/Greek_colonisation" title="Greek colonisation">colonists</a> from <a href="/wiki/Miletus" title="Miletus">Miletus</a> as <a href="/wiki/Antheia_(Thrace)" title="Antheia (Thrace)">Antheia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Ἄνθεια</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-d739_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d739-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town established itself as a trade and naval centre in the following centuries and became one of the largest and richest Greek colonies in the Black Sea region. Its trade influence in the <a href="/wiki/Thrace" title="Thrace">Thracian territories</a> was based on a treaty dating from the fifth century BC with the <a href="/wiki/Odrysian_kingdom" title="Odrysian kingdom">Odrysian kingdom</a>, the most powerful Thracian state. The town's name was changed to <b>Apollonia</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on account of a temple dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Apollo" title="Apollo">Apollo</a> in the town. Apollonia became a legendary trading rival of another Greek colony, Mesembria, today's <a href="/wiki/Nessebar" class="mw-redirect" title="Nessebar">Nessebar</a>. </p><p>There were two temples of Apollo Iatros (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Ἀπόλλων Ἰατρός</span>), meaning healer in Greek. One was from the Late <a href="/wiki/Archaic_Greece" title="Archaic Greece">Archaic Greece</a> and the other from the Early <a href="/wiki/Classical_Greece" title="Classical Greece">Classical Greece</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frieze_plaque_hoplites_Louvre_CA1748.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Frieze_plaque_hoplites_Louvre_CA1748.jpg/190px-Frieze_plaque_hoplites_Louvre_CA1748.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Frieze_plaque_hoplites_Louvre_CA1748.jpg/285px-Frieze_plaque_hoplites_Louvre_CA1748.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Frieze_plaque_hoplites_Louvre_CA1748.jpg/380px-Frieze_plaque_hoplites_Louvre_CA1748.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2300" data-file-height="2300" /></a><figcaption>Terracotta plaque of ancient Greek hoplites (Louvre)</figcaption></figure> <p>It kept strong political and trade relations with the cities of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Ancient Greece</a> – <a href="/wiki/Miletus" title="Miletus">Miletus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corinth" title="Corinth">Corinth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heraclea_Pontica" title="Heraclea Pontica">Heraclea Pontica</a> and the islands <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chios" title="Chios">Chios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lesbos_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Lesbos Island">Lesbos</a>, etc. </p><p>The city managed to keep its independence during the wars of <a href="/wiki/Philip_II_of_Macedon" title="Philip II of Macedon">Philip II of Macedon</a> (342–339 BC) and <a href="/wiki/Alexander_the_Great" title="Alexander the Great">Alexander the Great</a> (335 BC). </p><p>In 72 BC it was conquered and sacked by the Roman legions of <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Lucullus" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcus Lucullus">Marcus Lucullus</a>, with the latter ordering its devastation.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lucullus transported the statue of Apollo to Rome and placed it in the <a href="/wiki/Capitoline_Hill" title="Capitoline Hill">Capitol</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Apollonia did not recover from the disaster, remaining a small town without any significant trade or cultural importance during the Roman period (1st to 3rd centuries AD).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Apollonia_Pontica_tetradrachm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Apollonia_Pontica_tetradrachm.jpg/220px-Apollonia_Pontica_tetradrachm.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Apollonia_Pontica_tetradrachm.jpg/330px-Apollonia_Pontica_tetradrachm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Apollonia_Pontica_tetradrachm.jpg/440px-Apollonia_Pontica_tetradrachm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1634" data-file-height="880" /></a><figcaption>4th century BC Apollonia Pontica tetradrachm showing Apollo and an upright anchor</figcaption></figure> <p>Apollonia Pontica started minting its own coins at the end of the 6th century BC, the anchor appearing on them as the symbol of the polis present on all coins minted since the sixth century BC, proof of the importance of its maritime trade. Coins from the fourth century BC bear the name Apollonia and the image of Apollo. The Roman imperial coins continue to the first half of the third century AD. </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Tabula_Peutinger" class="mw-redirect" title="Tabula Peutinger">Tabula Peutinger</a></i> shows Apollonia; but the "<a href="/wiki/Periplus_Ponti_Euxini" class="mw-redirect" title="Periplus Ponti Euxini">Periplus Ponti Euxini</a>", 85, and the <i><a href="/wiki/Notiti%C3%A6_episcopatuum" class="mw-redirect" title="Notitiæ episcopatuum">Notitiæ episcopatuum</a></i> have only the later name Sozopolis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_periods">Later periods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later periods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1328 <a href="/wiki/Cantacuzene" class="mw-redirect" title="Cantacuzene">Cantacuzene</a> (ed. Bonn, I, 326) speaks of it as a large and populous town. The islet on which it stood is now connected with the mainland by a narrow tongue of land. Ruled in turn by the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Second_Bulgarian_Empire" title="Second Bulgarian Empire">Bulgarian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> Empires, Sozopol was assigned to the newly independent <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Bulgaria" title="Principality of Bulgaria">Principality of Bulgaria</a> in the 19th century. A group of <a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Poland" title="Armenians in Poland">Polish Armenians</a>, expelled by the Ottoman occupiers from <a href="/wiki/Kamieniec_Podolski" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamieniec Podolski">Kamieniec Podolski</a> in 1674, stayed in the city for a single winter before returning to Poland.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence" title="Greek War of Independence">Greek War of Independence</a> (1821) prominent local personalities like <a href="/wiki/Dimitrios_Varis" title="Dimitrios Varis">Dimitrios Varis</a> were arrested and executed by the Ottoman authorities due to participation in the preparations of the struggle.<sup id="cite_ref-Svetla_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Svetla-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BASA-526K-1-1416-10-Sozopol.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/BASA-526K-1-1416-10-Sozopol.JPG/220px-BASA-526K-1-1416-10-Sozopol.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/BASA-526K-1-1416-10-Sozopol.JPG/330px-BASA-526K-1-1416-10-Sozopol.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/BASA-526K-1-1416-10-Sozopol.JPG/440px-BASA-526K-1-1416-10-Sozopol.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1616" data-file-height="872" /></a><figcaption>Sozopol in 1931</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Bulgarians" title="Bulgarians">Bulgarian</a> jurist and politician Vasil Mitakov (1881–1945), the town was almost entirely ethnically <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greek</a> in the first decade of the 20th century, with the exception of a few dozen Bulgarians in the whole city who were either current or retired officials.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the anti-Greek pogroms in Bulgaria in 1906, Greek institutions in the city were closed and expropriated, including the churches, the library and the Greek school.<sup id="cite_ref-EHW_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EHW-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Almost all of its remaining <a href="/wiki/Greeks_in_Bulgaria" title="Greeks in Bulgaria">Greek population</a> <a href="/wiki/Population_transfer#Balkan_population_exchanges,_1913" title="Population transfer">was exchanged</a> with Bulgarians from <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Thrace" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Thrace">Eastern Thrace</a> in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Balkan_Wars" title="Balkan Wars">Balkan Wars</a>. In 2011 the remainings of an ancient Greek settlement, part of Apollonia, were excavated in the small island of St. Kirik (Saint Cerycus) off Sozopolis.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 1984 Sozopol hosts the <i>Apollonia</i> art festivities every September, which include theatre shows, exhibitions, movies, musical and dance performances, book presentations and other cultural events.<sup id="cite_ref-Svetla_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Svetla-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colossal_statue_of_Apollo">Colossal statue of Apollo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Colossal statue of Apollo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city erected, in 5th century BC, a colossal statue of the god Apollo which was 13 m (43 ft) tall. It was created by the sculptor <a href="/wiki/Calamis_(5th_century_BC)" title="Calamis (5th century BC)">Calamis</a>. In 72 BC, the Romans under Marcus Lucullus captured the city and moved the sculpture to Rome on the <a href="/wiki/Capitolium" title="Capitolium">Capitolium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder" title="Pliny the Elder">Pliny the Elder</a> wrote that the statue cost 500 <a href="/wiki/Attic_talent" title="Attic talent">talents</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was lost during the Early <a href="/w/index.php?title=Christian_period&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Christian period (page does not exist)">Christian period</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archaeology">Archaeology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Archaeology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Recent excavations have revealed parts of the ancient city including:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>A temple complex (late 6th - early 5th century BC) presumably belonging to the famous temple of Apollo;</li> <li>An oval altar and a temple from the Hellenistic period (4th century BC);</li> <li>A tholos</li> <li>A copper foundry</li></ul> <p>In addition, archaeologists discovered a Greek <a href="/wiki/Bucranium" title="Bucranium">bucranium</a> amulet from the 5th century BC.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A shrine of goddesses <a href="/wiki/Demeter" title="Demeter">Demeter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Persephone" title="Persephone">Persephone</a> from the 6th century BC.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many objects from antiquity, included imported luxury ceramics, red-figure pottery, <a href="/wiki/Sgraffito" title="Sgraffito">sgraffito</a> pottery, pottery lamps, loom weights, spindle parts, coins, amphora seals, arrow coins, ceramic game pieces, adornments. One of the most impressive finds was an <a href="/wiki/Attica" title="Attica">Attica</a> <a href="/wiki/Red-figure_pottery" title="Red-figure pottery">red-figure pottery</a> <a href="/wiki/Krater" title="Krater">krater</a>, depicting the myth about <a href="/wiki/Oedipus" title="Oedipus">Oedipus</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sphinx" title="Sphinx">Sphinx</a>. The krater is dated to the second quarter of the 5th century BC. Excavation teams also discovered, a ceramic <a href="/wiki/Askos_(pottery_vessel)" title="Askos (pottery vessel)">askos</a> dated back to the second half of the 6th century BC, and was “made in the tradition of grey monochrome Aeolian pottery", a 6th-century BC home and other antiquity buildings, pottery and coins from both the antiquity period and the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>. Furthermore, have also identified the ruins of a medieval Christian chapel and have discovered several graves from a medieval necropolis that was used in two time periods – in the 11th century AD and then again in the 13th – 14th century AD. In a grave from the 11th century, the researchers have found two small crosses – one made of bronze and another one made of bone. They have also discovered three pits hewn into the rocks from the Classical Period of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Ancient Greece</a> containing materials from the 5th – 4th century BC.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later, they discovered an ancient metallurgical plant from the 6th century BC located at an antiquity copper mine. While the ancient copper mining near Sozopol has been well researched, for the first time archaeologists have discovered ceramic kilns for melting the copper ore right on the edge of the mine in what resembles an Antiquity metallurgy facility.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, archaeologists discovered a terracotta relief fragment, depicting marching Greek <a href="/wiki/Hoplites" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoplites">hoplites</a>. The relief is a piece of a larger depiction, other parts of which were discovered in 2018 and 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ecclesiastical_history">Ecclesiastical history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ecclesiastical history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sozopol_TodorBozhinov_2009_(22).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Sozopol_TodorBozhinov_2009_%2822%29.jpg/220px-Sozopol_TodorBozhinov_2009_%2822%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Sozopol_TodorBozhinov_2009_%2822%29.jpg/330px-Sozopol_TodorBozhinov_2009_%2822%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Sozopol_TodorBozhinov_2009_%2822%29.jpg/440px-Sozopol_TodorBozhinov_2009_%2822%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1126" data-file-height="845" /></a><figcaption>Traditional wooden architecture dominates the Old Town</figcaption></figure> <p>Sozopol was Christianized early. Bishops are recorded as resident there from at least 431. At least eight bishops are known:<sup id="cite_ref-Le_Quien_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Le_Quien-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Athanasius" class="mw-redirect" title="Athanasius">Athanasius</a> (431), Peter (680), <a href="/wiki/Euthymius" class="mw-redirect" title="Euthymius">Euthymius</a> (787) and Ignatius (869); Theodosius (1357), Joannicius, who became <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople">Patriarch of Constantinople</a> (1524), Philotheus (1564) and Joasaph (1721). </p><p>From being <a href="/wiki/Suffragan" class="mw-redirect" title="Suffragan">suffragan</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Archbishopric" class="mw-redirect" title="Archbishopric">archbishopric</a> of <a href="/wiki/Adrianople" class="mw-redirect" title="Adrianople">Adrianople</a>, it became in the 14th century a <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_see" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan see">metropolitan see</a> without suffragan sees; it perhaps temporarily disappeared with the Turkish conquest, but reappeared later; in 1808 the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church" title="Greek Orthodox Church">Greek Orthodox Church</a> united it to the see of <a href="/wiki/Agathopolis" class="mw-redirect" title="Agathopolis">Agathopolis</a>. The titular resided at Agathopolis. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Eubel" class="mw-redirect" title="Eubel">Eubel</a> (<i>Hierarchia catholica medii ævi</i>, I, 194) mentions four Latin bishops of the 14th century. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sozopol-boats.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Sozopol-boats.jpg/220px-Sozopol-boats.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Sozopol-boats.jpg/330px-Sozopol-boats.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Sozopol-boats.jpg/440px-Sozopol-boats.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Fishermen's boats in Sozopol</figcaption></figure> <p>The bishopric is included in the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>'s list of <a href="/wiki/Titular_see" title="Titular see">titular sees</a> as <i>Sozopolis in Haemimonto</i> and as a suffragan of <i>Hadrianopolis in Haemimonto</i>. </p><p>Art flourished in the Christian era. The ancient icons and magnificent woodcarving in the <a href="/wiki/Iconostases" class="mw-redirect" title="Iconostases">iconostases</a> are a remarkable accomplishment of the craftsmanship of these times. The architecture of the houses in the old town from the <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_National_Revival" title="Bulgarian National Revival">Renaissance period</a> makes it a unique place to visit today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_vampire_of_Sozopol">The vampire of Sozopol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The vampire of Sozopol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During archaeological excavations in 2012 the remains of a skeleton pierced with an iron bar in the heart were found. It is believed that those are the remains of the local nobleman Krivich (or Krivitsa), ruler of the fortress of Sozopol (castrofilax). Believed to be a very cruel person, the locals made sure that he would not come back to haunt the city after his death by piercing him with an iron bar in the chest. There are more than 100 medieval funerals similar to that of Krivitsa found all over Bulgaria. The remains were pierced with either an iron or a wooden bar through the chest to make sure that the dead will not rise from the grave as a <a href="/wiki/Vampire" title="Vampire">vampire</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.weather-atlas.com/en/bulgaria/Sozopol-climate#temperature">[1]</a> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Sozopol (2004-2017) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2<br />(46.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(54.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.8<br />(85.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.7<br />(85.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8914; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.5<br />(70.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(40.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.2<br />(66.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2<br />(34.2) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3<br />(36.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7<br />(42.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2<br />(48.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.2<br />(57.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8914; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.5<br />(70.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8914; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.5<br />(70.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(45.1) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8<br />(37.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.1<br />(53.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #B7FFB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #B8FFB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #C4FFC4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #B6FFB6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #B8FFB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #B9FFB9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45<br />(1.8) </td> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #D5FFD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(1.1) </td> <td style="background: #B9FFB9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45<br />(1.8) </td> <td style="background: #B1FFB1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52<br />(2.0) </td> <td style="background: #8EFF8E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #A2FFA2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62<br />(2.4) </td> <td style="background: #B7FFB7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">565<br />(22.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #7171FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3 </td> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6 </td> <td style="background: #CACAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1 </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7 </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2 </td> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6 </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8 </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5 </td> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2 </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0 </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">70.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #AAAAA4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95 </td> <td style="background: #BABA45; color:#000000;" class="notheme">118 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">171 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">226 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">261 </td> <td style="background: #F1F112; color:#000000;" class="notheme">302 </td> <td style="background: #F4F418; color:#000000;" class="notheme">324 </td> <td style="background: #EDED08; color:#000000;" class="notheme">295 </td> <td style="background: #E3E300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">245 </td> <td style="background: #D2D200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">181 </td> <td style="background: #B2B279; color:#000000;" class="notheme">107 </td> <td style="background: #8A8A8A; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,401 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: weatherbase.com<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_natives">Notable natives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable natives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriarch_John_XII_of_Constantinople" class="mw-redirect" title="Patriarch John XII of Constantinople">Patriarch John XII of Constantinople</a> (in office 1294–1303)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giorgios_Gounaropoulos" class="mw-redirect" title="Giorgios Gounaropoulos">Giorgios Gounaropoulos</a> (1889–1977), Greek artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimitrios_Varis" title="Dimitrios Varis">Dimitrios Varis</a> (?–1821), Greek revolutionary</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Svetoslav_Shivarov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Svetoslav Shivarov (page does not exist)">Svetoslav Shivarov</a> (born 1944), Bulgarian politician, former Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bozhidar_Dimitrov" title="Bozhidar Dimitrov">Bozhidar Dimitrov</a> (1945–2018), Bulgarian historian and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diogenes_of_Apollonia" title="Diogenes of Apollonia">Diogenes of Apollonia</a> (fl. 5th century BC), Ancient Greek philosopher</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sozopol_Gap" title="Sozopol Gap">Sozopol Gap</a> in <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a> is named after the city of Sozopol.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The local football team is called <a href="/wiki/FC_Sozopol" title="FC Sozopol">FC Sozopol</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 978px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Sozopol-oldhouses.jpg/135px-Sozopol-oldhouses.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Sozopol-oldhouses.jpg/180px-Sozopol-oldhouses.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Wooden houses</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sozopol-old_town.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sozopol old town"><img alt="Sozopol old town" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sozopol-old_town.JPG/120px-Sozopol-old_town.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sozopol-old_town.JPG/180px-Sozopol-old_town.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Sozopol-old_town.JPG/240px-Sozopol-old_town.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sozopol old town</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sozopol_2012-06-03_12.01.30.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sozopol old town"><img alt="Sozopol old town" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Sozopol_2012-06-03_12.01.30.jpg/90px-Sozopol_2012-06-03_12.01.30.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Sozopol_2012-06-03_12.01.30.jpg/135px-Sozopol_2012-06-03_12.01.30.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Sozopol_2012-06-03_12.01.30.jpg/180px-Sozopol_2012-06-03_12.01.30.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sozopol old town</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sozopol_2012-06-03_11.28.59.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sozopol old town"><img alt="Sozopol old town" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Sozopol_2012-06-03_11.28.59.jpg/90px-Sozopol_2012-06-03_11.28.59.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Sozopol_2012-06-03_11.28.59.jpg/135px-Sozopol_2012-06-03_11.28.59.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Sozopol_2012-06-03_11.28.59.jpg/180px-Sozopol_2012-06-03_11.28.59.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sozopol old town</div> </li> </ul> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:1300px;max-width:767px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2012-06-03_Sozopol.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Panorama of Sozopol Beach"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/2012-06-03_Sozopol.jpg/759px-2012-06-03_Sozopol.jpg" decoding="async" width="759" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/2012-06-03_Sozopol.jpg/1139px-2012-06-03_Sozopol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/2012-06-03_Sozopol.jpg/1518px-2012-06-03_Sozopol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6608" data-file-height="1742" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:2012-06-03_Sozopol.jpg" title="File:2012-06-03 Sozopol.jpg"> </a></div>Panorama of Sozopol Beach</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._Anastasia_Island" title="St. Anastasia Island">St. Anastasia Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Cyricus_Island" title="St. Cyricus Island">St. Cyricus Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Ivan_Island" title="St. Ivan Island">St. Ivan Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_Island" title="St. Thomas Island">St. Thomas Island</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sozopol&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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title="Kozloduy">Kozloduy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mezdra" title="Mezdra">Mezdra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nesebar" title="Nesebar">Nesebar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novi_Iskar" title="Novi Iskar">Novi Iskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novi_Pazar,_Shumen_Province" title="Novi Pazar, Shumen Province">Novi Pazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panagyurishte" title="Panagyurishte">Panagyurishte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parvomay" title="Parvomay">Parvomay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavlikeni" title="Pavlikeni">Pavlikeni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peshtera" title="Peshtera">Peshtera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomorie" title="Pomorie">Pomorie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popovo,_Bulgaria" title="Popovo, Bulgaria">Popovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provadia" title="Provadia">Provadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radnevo" title="Radnevo">Radnevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radomir_(town)" title="Radomir (town)">Radomir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rakovski_(town)" title="Rakovski 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title="Topolovgrad">Topolovgrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tryavna" title="Tryavna">Tryavna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsarevo" title="Tsarevo">Tsarevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutrakan" title="Tutrakan">Tutrakan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tvarditsa,_Sliven_Province" title="Tvarditsa, Sliven Province">Tvarditsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varshets" title="Varshets">Varshets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veliki_Preslav" title="Veliki Preslav">Veliki Preslav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakoruda" title="Yakoruda">Yakoruda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zlatitsa" title="Zlatitsa">Zlatitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zlatograd" title="Zlatograd">Zlatograd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2,000+</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aheloy" title="Aheloy">Aheloy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apriltsi" title="Apriltsi">Apriltsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardino" title="Ardino">Ardino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banya,_Plovdiv_Province" title="Banya, Plovdiv Province">Banya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batak,_Bulgaria" title="Batak, Bulgaria">Batak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batanovtsi" title="Batanovtsi">Batanovtsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belitsa" title="Belitsa">Belitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belovo,_Bulgaria" title="Belovo, Bulgaria">Belovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borovo,_Ruse_Province" title="Borovo, Ruse Province">Borovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bratsigovo" title="Bratsigovo">Bratsigovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bregovo" title="Bregovo">Bregovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breznik" title="Breznik">Breznik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byala,_Varna_Province" title="Byala, Varna Province">Byala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernomorets" title="Chernomorets">Chernomorets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalgopol" title="Dalgopol">Dalgopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debelets" title="Debelets">Debelets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dobrinishte" title="Dobrinishte">Dobrinishte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolna_Banya" title="Dolna Banya">Dolna Banya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolna_Mitropoliya" title="Dolna Mitropoliya">Dolna Mitropoliya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolna_Oryahovitsa" title="Dolna Oryahovitsa">Dolna Oryahovitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolni_Dabnik" title="Dolni Dabnik">Dolni Dabnik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dospat" title="Dospat">Dospat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragoman,_Bulgaria" title="Dragoman, Bulgaria">Dragoman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunavtsi" title="Dunavtsi">Dunavtsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dve_Mogili" title="Dve Mogili">Dve Mogili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzhebel" title="Dzhebel">Dzhebel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glodzhevo" title="Glodzhevo">Glodzhevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godech" title="Godech">Godech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulyantsi" title="Gulyantsi">Gulyantsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurkovo" title="Gurkovo">Gurkovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadzhidimovo" title="Hadzhidimovo">Hadzhidimovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignatievo" title="Ignatievo">Ignatievo</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iskar_(town)" title="Iskar (town)">Iskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivaylovgrad" title="Ivaylovgrad">Ivaylovgrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kableshkovo,_Pomorie_Municipality" title="Kableshkovo, Pomorie Municipality">Kableshkovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalofer" title="Kalofer">Kalofer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kameno" title="Kameno">Kameno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaspichan" title="Kaspichan">Kaspichan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilifarevo" title="Kilifarevo">Kilifarevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klisura,_Plovdiv_Province" title="Klisura, Plovdiv Province">Klisura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kocherinovo" title="Kocherinovo">Kocherinovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koprivshtitsa" title="Koprivshtitsa">Koprivshtitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kostandovo" title="Kostandovo">Kostandovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koynare" title="Koynare">Koynare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kresna" title="Kresna">Kresna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kran,_Stara_Zagora_Province" title="Kran, Stara Zagora Province">Kran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krivodol,_Bulgaria" title="Krivodol, Bulgaria">Krivodol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kula,_Bulgaria" title="Kula, Bulgaria">Kula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laki,_Plovdiv_Province" title="Laki, Plovdiv Province">Laki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letnitsa" title="Letnitsa">Letnitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loznitsa" title="Loznitsa">Loznitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maglizh" title="Maglizh">Maglizh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malko_Tarnovo" title="Malko Tarnovo">Malko Tarnovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marten,_Bulgaria" title="Marten, Bulgaria">Marten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizia_(town)" title="Mizia (town)">Мizia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedelino" title="Nedelino">Nedelino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikolaevo" title="Nikolaevo">Nikolaevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikopol,_Bulgaria" title="Nikopol, Bulgaria">Nikopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obzor" title="Obzor">Obzor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opaka" title="Opaka">Opaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Banya" title="Pavel Banya">Pavel Banya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polski_Trambesh" title="Polski Trambesh">Polski Trambesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pordim" title="Pordim">Pordim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pravets" title="Pravets">Pravets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primorsko" title="Primorsko">Primorsko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rila,_Bulgaria" title="Rila, Bulgaria">Rila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman,_Bulgaria" title="Roman, Bulgaria">Roman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudozem" title="Rudozem">Rudozem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadovo" title="Sadovo">Sadovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sapareva_Banya" title="Sapareva Banya">Sapareva Banya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarnitsa,_Pazardzhik_Province" title="Sarnitsa, Pazardzhik Province">Sarnitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabla" title="Shabla">Shabla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivachevo" title="Shivachevo">Shivachevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavyanovo" title="Slavyanovo">Slavyanovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slivo_Pole" title="Slivo Pole">Slivo Pole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smyadovo" title="Smyadovo">Smyadovo</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sozopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strazhitsa" title="Strazhitsa">Strazhitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strelcha" title="Strelcha">Strelcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sungurlare" title="Sungurlare">Sungurlare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suvorovo" title="Suvorovo">Suvorovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sveti_Vlas" title="Sveti Vlas">Sveti Vlas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tran,_Bulgaria" title="Tran, Bulgaria">Tran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trastenik" title="Trastenik">Trastenik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsar_Kaloyan,_Razgrad_Province" title="Tsar Kaloyan, Razgrad Province">Tsar Kaloyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugarchin" title="Ugarchin">Ugarchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valchedram" title="Valchedram">Valchedram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valchi_Dol" title="Valchi Dol">Valchi Dol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varbitsa_(town)" title="Varbitsa (town)">Varbitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vetovo" title="Vetovo">Vetovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vetren,_Pazardzhik_Province" title="Vetren, Pazardzhik Province">Vetren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yablanitsa" title="Yablanitsa">Yablanitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zavet_(town)" title="Zavet (town)">Zavet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zlataritsa" title="Zlataritsa">Zlataritsa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1,000+</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahtopol" title="Ahtopol">Ahtopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfatar" title="Alfatar">Alfatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonovo" title="Antonovo">Antonovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balgarovo" title="Balgarovo">Balgarovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boboshevo" title="Boboshevo">Boboshevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolyarovo" title="Bolyarovo">Bolyarovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boychinovtsi" title="Boychinovtsi">Boychinovtsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brusartsi" title="Brusartsi">Brusartsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byala_Cherkva" title="Byala Cherkva">Byala Cherkva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiprovtsi" title="Chiprovtsi">Chiprovtsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimovo" title="Dimovo">Dimovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glavinitsa" title="Glavinitsa">Glavinitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gramada,_Bulgaria" title="Gramada, Bulgaria">Gramada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaolinovo" title="Kaolinovo">Kaolinovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kermen" title="Kermen">Kermen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merichleri" title="Merichleri">Merichleri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Momin_Prohod" title="Momin Prohod">Momin Prohod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plachkovtsi" title="Plachkovtsi">Plachkovtsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senovo,_Bulgaria" title="Senovo, Bulgaria">Senovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shipka_(town)" title="Shipka (town)">Shipka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suhindol" title="Suhindol">Suhindol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zemen" title="Zemen">Zemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">500+</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kiten,_Burgas_Province" title="Kiten, Burgas Province">Kiten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madzharovo" title="Madzharovo">Madzharovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pliska" title="Pliska">Pliska</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">499-</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melnik,_Bulgaria" title="Melnik, Bulgaria">Melnik</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>city status after the census of 01.02.2011:</i> Ignatievo, Kran</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Municipalities_of_Burgas_Province" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link 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<a href="/wiki/Sozopol_Municipality" title="Sozopol Municipality">Sozopol Municipality</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>Capital: <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sozopol</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Villages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atia,_Bulgaria" title="Atia, Bulgaria">Atia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernomorets" title="Chernomorets">Chernomorets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabar,_Burgas_Province" title="Gabar, Burgas Province">Gabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indzhe_Voivoda_(village)" title="Indzhe Voivoda (village)">Indzhe Voivoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krushevets" title="Krushevets">Krushevets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prisad,_Burgas_Province" title="Prisad, Burgas Province">Prisad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravadinovo" 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