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Multi-periodSite Name: Cybele Temple
Country: Bulgaria
NOTE: This site is 1.691 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Balchik  Nearest Village: Balchik
Latitude: 43.405753N  Longitude: 28.167794E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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3 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Ancient temple to the Greek goddess Cybele in Balchek, Bulgaria.

The unique temple of the Greek goddess Cybele in Balchek, north eastern Bulgaria was uncovered by accident in April 2007 during the building of an hotel. The extremely rich temple dates back to the 4th century AD. It did suffer some damage thought to be either from the effects of an earthquake or perhaps by actions of barbarian invaders during the reign of Emperor Valens (364-378 AD), but is still relatively well preserved. A dispute regarding its status on the construction site looks as if it will be settled by it being declared a National Monument.
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Re: Cybele Temple by davidmorgan on Friday, 12 December 2014
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It looks like they just found it in time, on Street View
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Re: Cybele Temple by DrewParsons on Sunday, 23 May 2010
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Bulgaria Archaeologists, Architects Move to Save Cybele Temple. News item resourced by caldrum.

A commission of archaeologists and architects is set on securing a National Monument status for the temple of Greek goddess Cybele in Bulgaria’s Balchik.

The absolutely unique Cybele temple was uncovered by accident in April 2007 at the construction site of a hotel owned by a local entrepreneur.

The special commission has been appointed by Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov in order to figure out how to preserve the temple.

The status of a National Monument is going to bring a total ban of any construction activities in the area of the Cybele temple.

Currently, the invaluable archaeological site lies in the open as it has not been properly conserved because of the dispute of the local authorities with the owner of the plot. The commission plans to build a temporary shelter over the temple.

“We agree to finance the conservation of the temple as long as the Ministry of Culture gives us the legal right to claim it. If we are delayed a bit more, next year there might be no temple to conserve,” the Balchik Mayor Nikolay Angelov has said.

In 2009, he came up with an initiative to expropriate the Cybele temple. However, the owner demanded EUR 1 000 per square meter, or a total of EUR 680 000. The construction of the hotel was halted, and the situation resulted in a stalemate as neither the Municipality, nor any private investor wanted to buy the plot.

The extremely rich temple of goddess Cybele is dated back to the 4th century AD. It is believed to have been shattered, though still well preserved, by an earthquake, or set on fire by barbarian invaders during the reign of Emperor Valens (364-378 AD).

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