Nessebar
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In 510 BC the Greeks founded Nessebar, ancient Messembria, on the site of a Thracian settlement. The town sits on a small rocky peninsula connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus. There are still remnants of the second-century city walls, and stone and timber houses line winding, cobbled streets.It was once of great importance to Byzantium as a trading town, although many of the 40 churches built in Nessebar during the 5th and 6th centuries are now ruined. Nessebar ceased to be an active trading post in the 18th century and today lives mostly from fishing and tourism. |
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