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Sozopol
Very popular tourist town in Southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast, with population of 7,500 people.
The Ancient city of Apollonia Pontica was established as an apoikia of Milesian Greeks on the Western Black Sea coast in late 7th c. BC on the site of an existing Thracian settlement of unknown name. It was name Apollonia after Appolo – the Greek god, whose huge statue made of Bronze was erected in 5th c. BC. The city was renamed to Sozopolis (The Redemption city) by the end of 4th c. when Christianity was adopted for official religion in the Roman empire. The same name was awarded also to other cities: Apollonia in Pisidia (Asia Minor) and Apollonia in Cyrenaica (North Africa). The changed name responded to one of the Apollo functions – the redeeming god.
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Very popular tourist town in Southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast, with population of 7,500 people.
The Ancient city of Apollonia Pontica was established as an apoikia of Milesian Greeks on the Western Black Sea coast in late 7th c. BC on the site of an existing Thracian settlement of unknown name. It was name Apollonia after Appolo – the Greek god, whose huge statue made of Bronze was erected in 5th c. BC. The city was renamed to Sozopolis (The Redemption city) by the end of 4th c. when Christianity was adopted for official religion in the Roman empire. The same name was awarded also to other cities: Apollonia in Pisidia (Asia Minor) and Apollonia in Cyrenaica (North Africa). The changed...
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