Saint-Sophia's church / Old Bishopric Nessebar / Bulgaria description:At the end of the 5th century, on this place in the centre of old Nessebar a
church was built. The Byzantine ruins we see now
got thier shape in the 9th century. Then a three-aisled church with a round
choirapse and a narthex was built.
During the Middle Ages this was the cathedral of Nessebar. In 1257, it
was plundered by the Venitians during their campaign against the Bulgare Empire and the
relics disappeared to San Salvatore in Venice. During the 18th century the basilica was
abandonned.
This Saint-Sophia's church is along with the old Nessebar city center part of the
Unesco World Inheritage.
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