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To the tomb in Chisaria

Entrance to the burial chamber - Hisarya - Roman tomb

Chisarya - Roman tomb - masonry Slabs of stone flanking the entrance to the burial chamber

Hisarya - Roman Tomb - entrance

Chisarya - Roman tomb - masonry An external wall on the left of the entrance

Chisarya - Roman tomb Stone slabs flanking the entrance and remains of paintings in a burial chamber

Thracian tomb - view from the NW

Chisarya - Roman tomb Burial bed on the left side.

Chisarya - Roman tomb Burial bed on the left side.

Hisarya - Roman tomb Corridor to the burial chamber. On both sides are wisible stone walls.

Hisarya - Roman tomb - mosaic pavement

Roman tombs in Hisaria

Hisarya - Roman Tomb

Hisarya - Roman Tomb

Entrance to the tomb in Hisarya

Hisarya - Roman Tomb - label

Hisarya - Roman Tomb - description

Hisarya - Roman Tomb Stepps to the burial chamber

Chisarya - Roman tomb - mosaic pavement

Chisarya - Roman tomb Burial bed on the left side and small niche above the mosaic pavement.

Surroundings:

amphitheatre

Roman baths

Diocletianopolis The Southern Gate at Night

Hissarya - Diocletianopolis

Staro Zhelezare Stone Circle

Staro Zhelezare Stone Circle in 2010

Grave or burial field

Location:

Bulgaria, Hisarya
geo:42.495838,24.703091
Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

Grave or burial field
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=22229

Annotations

In Hisarya were found five Roman burial sites. This Late Roman family tomb - the largest one was built in the second half of the IVth century in the neighbourhood of Diocletianopolis. Entrance to the grave was made of the massive stone blocks. The chamber consists of a rectangular vaulted room with two burial beds. The walls of the chamber and of the corridor were covered with paintings of floral and geometrical motifs. The floor of the chamber is covered iwith a mosaic.

In Hissaria wurde fünf Römische nekropolen gefunden. Grabmal III ist aus der zweiten Hälfte des IV. Jahrhundert.

Nearby

Diocletianopolis - Hisarya

Early Christian basilica

Diocletianopolis - Hisarya, Basilica

Early Christian basilica - Vth century.

Diocletianopolis - Hisarya

Pre- Christian temple.