City Kyustendil

Хисарлъка е най-посещаваният парк в Кюстендил

Pautalia, Velbazhd, Kyustendil . Hisarlaka Fortress The modern name of the city derives from the name of its medieval ruler, whose grandson was the last emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, with Konstantin Dragash appearing through Sophia Palaeologina and the great-great-great-grandfather of the creator of modern Russia - Ivan the Terrible Kyustendil is one of the most ancient cities in the Bulgarian lands and has an incredibly significant and rich history. In ancient times, during the time of the Thracians, there was a sanctuary on the Hisarlaka hill. The first mention of the ancient name is found in an inscription from 135 AD about the basilica built in honor of Emperor Hadrian. Pautalia received city rights in 106 AD together with Serdica, Philippopolis and Augusta Traiana. During the reign of the so-called five good emperors, Pautalia grew as an administrative, economic and cultural center of the Upper Struma region. From the time of the emperors Antoninus Pius to Caracalla, the city minted its own bronze coins. The fortress was built in the late 4th - early 5th centuries. It was repaired in the 6th century by Justinian I the Great (527-565) and became one of the largest Byzantine fortresses. In 809 it entered the borders of Bulgaria, annexed by Khan Krum (803-814). The fortress was a border post until the Battle of Versinikia in 813, when the troops of Michael I Rangave (812-813) were defeated. Additional walls, buildings and barracks were built during the time of Tsar Simeon the Great.

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Village Gorna krepost

Перперикон се извисява на скален връх с кота 470 м. В подножието му се намира с. Горна крепост.

Perperikon. The ancient sanctuary Perperikon is a huge rock massif in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains, which is believed to have arisen about 8,000 years ago. The stone monument rises 15 kilometers from Kardzhali, near the Perpereshta River, from which it is said that ancient people mined gold. For the first time, the archaeological complex was described by Prof. Ivan Velkov in 1930, but the place gained publicity as a result of the research of Prof. Nikolay Ovcharov. During the Late Bronze Age, Perperikon became a grandiose sanctuary. Many facts lead us to think that it was precisely in Perperikon that the famous sanctuary of the god Dionysus was located. Perperikon, together with that of Apollo in Delphi, are the two most significant oracles in antiquity. Perperikon consists of four parts: a powerful fortress - the Acropolis, a Palace-sanctuary, which is immediately below the Acropolis from the southeast, and northern and southern suburbs. Many temples and buildings were built on the hills. Wide streets were carved out, along which every visitor could walk. On the sides of each street, houses were preserved, carved into the rock itself. In the eastern part of the Acropolis, a huge Basilica was carved out. The Basilica was most likely an ancient temple, and during the time of Christianity it became a church. From the basilica to the interior of the Acropolis, a covered colonnade, a portico, leads, the columns of which have survived to this day. From the data of ancient and medieval authors, it is known that such porticoes were built only in large cities and significant cult complexes.

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