A small town at the Black Sea coast.The oldest Hellenic colony on the
Black sea shore was founded back in the 7th century BC on a small
peninsula. The city was called Apollonia. Today, lots of well
conserved monuments are telling stories about the rich past and the
tremendous culture of Sozopol. It's most of all, a majestic temple of
Apollo, with an impressive statue of the god, made of bronze by
Kalamis - one of the most famous sculptors of Athens in the 5th
century BC. The medieval church of the Virgin Mary (14th century) was
put in the registers of UNESCO among the important and precious
monuments of world culture, because of it's iconostasis and the
remarkable woodcarving made by local masters. The old town is still
there with it's picturesque small streets and the old houses with the
typical old Bulgarian architecture!