{"id":10506,"date":"2018-10-24T03:05:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T03:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whitecliffs.bg\/st-atanas\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T14:44:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T11:44:59","slug":"st-atanas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whitecliffs.bg\/en\/st-atanas\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Athanasius Fortress"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10506\" class=\"elementor elementor-10506 elementor-134\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-312a6cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"312a6cf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4addd61\" data-id=\"4addd61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b9eb29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b9eb29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The St. Anthanasius\u00a0Fortress\u00a0is a fascinating place located on St. Anthanasius\u00a0Cape, near\u00a0the\u00a0town of Byala. In the\u00a0past, there\u00a0used\u00a0to\u00a0be a port town\u00a0there. The fortress\u00a0dates\u00a0back to\u00a0the 5th-6th centuries\u00a0and\u00a0has\u00a0witnessed\u00a0a thousand-year\u00a0history. The Basilica, the\u00a0two\u00a0baptisteries, and\u00a0the\u00a0winery are the\u00a0main\u00a0structures in this\u00a0ancient\u00a0town. It is\u00a0believed\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0Basilica\u00a0was\u00a0built\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0intention\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0one\u00a0where\u00a0to\u00a0convert\u00a0the local population. Other\u00a0facilities\u00a0were\u00a0gradually\u00a0built\u00a0around it, all of which are linked\u00a0to\u00a0this\u00a0early Christian sacred\u00a0center.\u00a0There\u00a0used\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0a baptistery\u00a0inside\u00a0the\u00a0Basilica\u00a0that\u00a0was\u00a0later\u00a0destroyed\u00a0and a second\u00a0baptistery\u00a0was\u00a0built in its place. The restored\u00a0marble altar table from\u00a0the 5th-6th centuries\u00a0is of particular interest\u00a0to\u00a0visitors, as it is\u00a0one of the\u00a0few\u00a0preserved\u00a0almost\u00a0entirely\u00a0not\u00a0only in Bulgaria, but also in the\u00a0world. Many\u00a0significant\u00a0parts of the\u00a0building&#8217;s interior have\u00a0been\u00a0preserved. The entire\u00a0Basilica, with\u00a0its\u00a0decoration\u00a0and design, is a demonstration of a very\u00a0high\u00a0class for this\u00a0epoch. Parts of frescoes\u00a0have\u00a0been\u00a0discovered in several\u00a0locations\u00a0throughout\u00a0the\u00a0ancient temple, and\u00a0they are among\u00a0the\u00a0most valuable\u00a0finds in the\u00a0area.<\/p><p>During\u00a0the\u00a0excavations, a public bath, ancient ceramic vessels, and\u00a0kilns for their\u00a0production, as well as entire\u00a0streets\u00a0and\u00a0buildings, were\u00a0also\u00a0discovered. Aside\u00a0from\u00a0ancient\u00a0history, here\u00a0visitors\u00a0can\u00a0also\u00a0enjoy\u00a0the\u00a0breathtaking\u00a0view\u00a0revealed\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0Basilica.<\/p><p>The St. Anthanasius Fortress\u00a0\u00a0is located near Byala&#8217;s central beach and can be visited every day from 10:00 to 20:00<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fortress dates back to the 5th-6th century and has witnessed a thousand-year history and is a very interesting place located in the vicinity of the town of Byala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-byala-vista-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitecliffs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitecliffs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitecliffs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitecliffs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitecliffs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10506"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whitecliffs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16534,"href":"https:\/\/whitecliffs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10506\/revisions\/16534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitecliffs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whitecliffs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitecliffs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whitecliffs.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}