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Today we visited Isperih! Here we shared the goals of our association, and of Danube Survivor.It was a good chance to me...
24/02/2022

Today we visited Isperih! Here we shared the goals of our association, and of Danube Survivor.
It was a good chance to meet some citizens, and teenagers that helped organising summer activities with Institute Perspectives 👌🏻☀️

Today we’ve been to Razboyna, a village in the Burgas Region.Here we’ve had a meeting with the mayor and the citizens, i...
23/02/2022

Today we’ve been to Razboyna, a village in the Burgas Region.
Here we’ve had a meeting with the mayor and the citizens, including some of the kids that participated in the Summer Academy of Institute Perspectives.
It was a nice occasion to present ourselves to them, and share the goals of our project and association. ✌🏻

In the two last days we’ve been to Momchilgrad, in the south of Bulgaria.Here, we’ve met some students from the local mu...
23/02/2022

In the two last days we’ve been to Momchilgrad, in the south of Bulgaria.
Here, we’ve met some students from the local muslim high school, where we trained them on the methods of non-formal education.
They’ve been two productive and fun days! 😄✌️

Here are some of the remains of the great fortress of Kaleto 💥Thracian, ancient, late antique, medieval and Ottoman, thi...
19/01/2022

Here are some of the remains of the great fortress of Kaleto 💥

Thracian, ancient, late antique, medieval and Ottoman, this fortress is located 0.34 km north of the center of Svishtov.

It was built on the top of the hill "Chukata". It is bounded on the north by the Danube River and on land by the west and east. The peak itself is strategic, and it has very good visibility in all directions. The Fortress rises 66 m above the level of the Danube River.

Recent archaeological discoveries prove that the place was inhabited since the time of the Thracians.

The Svishtov fortress was built on the remains of a Roman watchtower - a unit in the defense of the Roman Empire during the last centuries of its existence.

The small fortification was closely connected with the Roman city of Novae, just a few kilometers away, the center of the famous elite I Italian Legion.

Inscriptions were found - stamps in Latin on bricks with the name of the legion and its cohorts. Coins of the emperors Octavian Augustus (27 BC-14 AD), Constantine the Great (306-337) and others were also found, as well as whole glass vessels. The earliest find is a coin from the time of Octavian Augustus, who ruled this province together with one of the last Thracian kings Remetalk.

This is one of the places we will visit in the trips of spring 2022 ✌🏻✨

A picture from another location of our next trips… Do you know the place? 👀✨
18/01/2022

A picture from another location of our next trips…
Do you know the place? 👀✨

Novae is the place where you can experience the Roman times!If you want to to have the chance to do it, contact us to pa...
14/01/2022

Novae is the place where you can experience the Roman times!
If you want to to have the chance to do it, contact us to participate in the trips scheduled for spring 2022 🔥🤟

👨‍🏫In 250 Novae was attacked by the Goths of Cniva but escaped damage.💥In the second half of the 3rd century Novae was s...
14/01/2022

👨‍🏫In 250 Novae was attacked by the Goths of Cniva but escaped damage.

💥In the second half of the 3rd century Novae was systematically attacked and destroyed by barbarians.

⛏The eastern line of the new defensive walls enclosed the additional area of the "canabae" (civilian settlements) of more than 10 hectares, as a way of protection.

➡From the 4th century onwards when the legion was divided into detachments occupying small forts and fortlets, civil buildings constituted the main part of internal buildings of Novae and the canabae and the legionary base became one urban complex.

🔨The new streets with pavements were built from re-used stone, often bearing inscriptions. Many glass workshops were established, both in the town, as well as in its surroundings.

🏡A splendid villa to the west of the defensive walls, within the canabae, could have been a legate's residence and was probably destroyed by the Gothic invasions in 376-378.

🔲After this time the settlement was very poor and used dried brick construction. After the Hunnic invasion in 441 Novae was abandoned by the legion but the principia was rebuilt and used as a central meeting place and forum until the end of the 6th c.

⬜In the late 5th and 6th centuries Novae was the seat of a bishop. The cathedral and neighbouring buildings were built over the legionary barracks west of the former legionary headquarters.

👉The last period of prosperity was during the reign of Justinian (527-565) when the defensive walls were rebuilt and reinforced, but the attacks of Slavs and Avars eventually end the existence of the ancient town.

✝In 9th – 11th centuries the church and a cemetery existed in the western part of the town.

In Novae we’ll organize great games!Come to play with us 🤟🤩
13/01/2022

In Novae we’ll organize great games!
Come to play with us 🤟🤩

👨‍🏫After the death of Nero, the dislocation of many legions within the Empire resulted in replacement by emperor Vespasi...
13/01/2022

👨‍🏫After the death of Nero, the dislocation of many legions within the Empire resulted in replacement by emperor Vespasian in 69-70 AD of Legio VIII Augusta by Legio I Italica, which stayed in Novae at least to the 430s.

👉In AD 86 the province was divided and Novae, together with Durostorum, became one of two legionary bases within the borders of Moesia Inferior.

✊Novae served as a base of operations for Roman campaigns against Barbarian tribes including Trajan's Dacian Wars, and the last time during Maurice's Balkan campaigns.

🙌The legion was also responsible for bridge construction over the Danube.

🔥Novae is a place full of history, we’ll be glad to show you this in our future trips!

12/01/2022

This is the spirit of Novae!
If you want to experience it, join us to our future trips! ⚔️🛡

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