Ancient City of Nessebar, Bulgaria

Chronology of the History of Nessebar

1. 6th century BC: Settled by Dorians from Megara. It became an important trading centre, and was the only Doric colony on the Black Sea coast, while other colonies such that period were Ionic.
2. 71 BC: It was conquered by the Romans.
3. 5th century AD: It became an important town of the Byzantine Empire.
4. 812 AD: The Bulgarian ruler Khan Krum captured it from the Byzantine, and made it part of the First Bulgarian Empire.
5. 864: It was ceded back by Knyaz Boris to the Byzantines, but reconquered by his son Tsar Simeon the Great. It enjoyed much prosperity under the rule of the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Alexaqnder (1331-1371).
6. 1366: It was conquered by the Crusaders under Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy.
7. 1453: It was captured by the Turks, marking its steady decline in importance.
8. 1878: It became part of the autonomous Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia, following the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule.
9. 1925: A new town was built while the old town was restored and preserved.

World Heritage Site Inscription Details

1. Church of St Sophia, also known as the Old Bishopric
2. Basilica of the Holy Mother of God Eleusa
3. Church of John the Baptist
4. Church of St Stephen, also known as the New Bishopric
5. Church of St Theodore
6. Church of St Paraskeva
7. Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel
8. Church of Christ Pantocrator
9. Church of St John Aliturgetos
10. Church of St Spas
11. Church of St Clement

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