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Reconstruction of Sevtopolis Starts

Sevtopolis - the capital of the ancient Thracian Kingdom, founded in 5th century BC, on the territory of modern day Bulgaria - will be rebuilt near the town Shipka. This is what the Kazanlak municipality's project for the reconstruction of the ancient city reads. At present the Sevtopolis' remains are on the bottom of the Koprinka dam, but before the ancient city was covered by the reservoir's waters experts had taken shots of it. It is these photos that will help the reconstruction of the Thracian capital. The rebuilt city will be situated on 5 ha in Krunska mogila locality.

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Unique Shots of Sunken Thracian Sevtopolis City Made in Bulgaria

Novinite.com, 22 May 2007

Discovery TV channel is filming the sunken Thracian city of Sevtopolis as part of a movie, dedicated to Bulgaria's Thracian Kings' Valley near the town of Kazanlak. The underwater shoots will be done by a team of Bulgarian divers, leaded by Koliyo Radukov. Sevtopolis' remains are at a depth of 22-27 meters and the palace of its King Sevt III - 18 meters under the water surface. Two years ago Kazanlak Municipality launched a project for drawing Sevtopolis city out of the waters of the artificial lake Koprinka. Its execution of the project will cost about BGN 50 M. The municipality intends to use the sight's uniqueness in order to turn it into an attractive tourist destination.

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Ancient Thracian city of Seuthopolis

Published by baksanir in Ancient Cities, Archaeology, History, Seuthopolis

Seuthopolis was an ancient city founded by the Thracian king Seuthes III, and the capital of the Odrysian kingdom since 320 BC. It was a small city, built on the site of an earlier settlement, and its ruins are located at the bottom of the Koprinka Resevoir near Kazanlak, Plovdiv Province, in central Bulgaria.

Seuthopolis was not a true polis, but rather the seat of Seuthes and his court. His palace had a dual role, functioning also as a sanctuary of the Kabeiroi. Most of the space within the city was occupied not by homes but by official structures, the majority of the people living outside the city.

The dual role of Seuthes palace (royal court and sanctuary) indicates that Seuthes was a priest-king: the high priest of the Kabeiroi among the Odrysian Thracians. A hearth altar stood in the center of the Kabeiroi sanctuary, the Kabeiroi being associated with fire and metallurgy and with the smith-god Hephaestus.

The cemetery of Seuthopolis included a number of brick tholos tombs, some covered by tumuli, in which the upper-class were interred, sometimes along with their horses. The less affluent were cremated, with modest grave goods laid alongside.

The ruins of the city were discovered and excavated in 1948 by Bulgarian archaeologists during the construction of the Georgi Dimitrov (later renamed Koprinka) Reservoir. However, it was decided to continue with the construction and flood the dam, leaving Seuthopolis at its bottom.

In 2005, Bulgarian architect Zheko Tilev proposed a project to uncover, preserve and reconstruct the city of Seuthopolis (the best preserved Thracian city in Bulgaria) by means of a dam wall surrounding the ruins in the middle of the dam, enabling the site’s inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and making it a tourist destination of world importance.
Tourists would be transported to the site by boats. The round wall, 420 metres in diameter, would enable visitors to see the city from 20 metres above and would also feature “hanging gardens”, glass lifts, a quay, restaurants, cafes, shops, ateliers, etc. It would be illuminated at night.

The project was donated by the architect to Kazanlak municipality and funds are being raised to begin construction. According to Tilev, it would cost minimum €50 million.

Google Earth Placemark - Ancient Thracian city of Seuthopolis