{"id":523,"date":"2020-05-27T16:59:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T13:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/?page_id=523"},"modified":"2020-09-29T17:37:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T14:37:41","slug":"medieval-monastery-st-apostles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/en\/medieval-monastery-st-apostles\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIEVAL MONASTERY &#8220;ST. APOSTLES\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- wpsso pinterest pin it image added on 2026-10-25T14:58:55+00:00 -->\n<div class=\"wpsso-pinterest-pin-it-image\" style=\"display:none !important;\">\n<\/div><!-- .wpsso-pinterest-pin-it-image -->\n\n\n<h2>MEDIEVAL MONASTERY &#8220;ST. APOSTLES\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The archaeological site is located on cape Skamni &#8211; the dominant part of the Sozopol Peninsula. The excavations, conducted in the period 2011 \u2013 2015, reveal traces of an ancient sanctuary &#8211; Thesmophorion, end of 6<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 3<sup>rd<\/sup> century BC, dedicated to Demeter and her daughter Kore &#8211; Persephone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remains of late antique and medieval fortress wall, with a polygonal tower, have been discovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of the 11<sup>th<\/sup> century AD a small chapel (martyrium) was built, and in the 12<sup>th<\/sup> century AD a three-nave basilica around which was developed a large monastery complex, which functioned until the beginning of the 15<sup>th<\/sup> century AD. A large Christian necropolis, with more than 180 funerals, was also studied. In the period from the 16<sup>th<\/sup> to the 18<sup>th<\/sup> centuries AD a small Turkish garrison was based on the site. During the Revival period, the Christian tradition was restored with the construction of a small chapel and the building of the first secular school in Sozopol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large caption-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"971\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/01.-srednovekoven-manastir-\u201esv.-apostoli\u201d--971x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.-srednovekoven-manastir-\u201esv.-apostoli\u201d--971x1024.jpg 971w, https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.-srednovekoven-manastir-\u201esv.-apostoli\u201d--474x500.jpg 474w, https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.-srednovekoven-manastir-\u201esv.-apostoli\u201d--768x810.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/01.-srednovekoven-manastir-\u201esv.-apostoli\u201d-.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><figcaption> Monastery &#8220;St. Apostles&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/en\/gallery-archaeological-sites\/album\/manastir-sveti-apostoli\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEDIEVAL MONASTERY &#8220;ST. APOSTLES\u201d The archaeological site is located on cape Skamni &#8211; the dominant part of the Sozopol Peninsula. The excavations, conducted in the period 2011 \u2013 2015, reveal traces of an ancient sanctuary &#8211; Thesmophorion, end of 6th \u2013 3rd century BC, dedicated to Demeter and her daughter Kore &#8211; Persephone.&nbsp; Remains of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MEDIEVAL MONASTERY &quot;ST. APOSTLES\u201d - Museum Center Sozopol<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/en\/medieval-monastery-st-apostles\/\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/523"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2130,"href":"https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/523\/revisions\/2130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sozopol-museums.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}