Old City street with traditional masonry and wooden dwellings
Nesebăr (Nessebur), Bulgaria
Nesebăr is a city on the Black Sea that was founded by the Thracians in the late second millennium BCE. The ancient city was occupied and further developed by the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, and Ottomans over the centuries. Interspersed among the ancient sites are masonry and wooden dwellings constructed during the 18th through 19th centuries CE. The Ancient City quarter became an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.
(photo 2000)