Български
The town of
Nessebar is one of the oldest towns in Europe. It is the successor of the
ancient Thracian settlement called Mesambria founded in the Second century
AD. Its name means town of Melsa. Since 510 AD it was turned into Greek
colony town by Dorian settlers. They called it Mesambria. There was a
theatre and a temple of the Greek God Apollo in it. Brass and silver money
were coined there, and in the third century AD - golden ones. It was
occupied in 72 AD by a Roman garrison. It started to play important role
again in III-IV century.
In the year 812 Khan Krum conquered the town. In 864 Boris I yielded the
possession of the town to Byzantine, but King Simeon captured it again.
Since XI century the Slav name Messebar or Nessebar has been used together
with the original name Mesambria.
