Mesembria
settlement · 10000 BC – 2100 AD
Originally a Thracian site known as Menebria, Mesembria was subsequently settled by Dorian Greeks in the early sixth century BC, eventually becoming an important trading colony on the Black Sea coast (modern Nesebar, Bulgaria). Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.
- Coordinates
- 42.65958, 27.72444
- Also known as
- Mesambria (grc), Mesambria Pontica (en), Mesambria Pontica (en), Nesebar (en), Nesebar (en), Nessebar (en), Μεσαμβρία (grc)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)