Historical place profile
Mesembria
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.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:216882
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:216882
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 42.659580, 27.724443
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
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.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 22 E6 Mesembria
Source and reuse
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Research path
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