An Ancient (Thracian, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman), Late Antique, and Medieval fortress on a hill northwest of the modern settlement of Venčan (Венчан, also rendered less accurately but more commonly as Venchan). It overlooks a Roman road running in its immediate vicinity. It is poorly preserved, bur numismatic and ceramic remains date to the 5th-7th century and the 11th-14th century. The fortress is mentioned as Vefçan and Vençan in the narrative of the Ottoman conquest in 1388.
Venčan Castle
Nahegelegene Fundstellen
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Provadia
Byzantine fortress Provaton (Provat) - 5th century. -
Vetrino. II
Bronze Age barrow necropolis II. -
Goliamoto Bulo
Goliamoto Bulo -
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