Old Nesseber through time

Nessebar 1958–2024 25 photos of this spot

25 photographs taken at the same spot in Nessebar, spanning 1958–2024 — 10 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The Bogorodica church in Nessebar, one of the town's many medieval churches, photographed in 1958 before further conservation work was later carried out at the site.

EU: Nessebar, Bogorodica-Kirche (1958) 1958 The Bogorodica church in Nessebar, one of the town's many medieval churches, photographed in 1958 before further conservation work was later carried out at the site.

EU: Nessebar, Kasino (1961) 1961 The casino building in Nessebar, photographed in 1961, part of the resort infrastructure that grew up around the historic peninsula town on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.

EU: Nessebar, Hotel Orphee (1961) 1961 A further view of Hotel Orphee in Nessebar, taken in 1961, during the early years of the town's development as a coastal tourist destination for Bulgarian and foreign visitors alike.

EU: Nessebar, Hotel Mack (1961) 1961 Hotel Mack in Nessebar seen from another angle, photographed in 1961, one of several small hotels built along the peninsula town's shoreline.

EU: Nessebar, Hotel Globus (1961) 1961 Hotel Globus in Nessebar, one of several hotels built to accommodate the growing number of visitors to Bulgaria's Black Sea coast in the early 1960s, photographed in 1961.

EU: Nessebar, Hotel Tschaika (1961) 1961 Hotel Tschaika in Nessebar, photographed in 1961; 'chaika' is the Bulgarian word for seagull, a name given to several coastal hotels built along the Black Sea shore in this period.

EU: Nessebar, Hotel Glarus (1961) 1961 Hotel Glarus in Nessebar, photographed in 1961 during the early years of organized tourism along Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, when new hotels were rising near the medieval old town.

EU: Nessebar, Hotel Olymp (1961) 1961 Hotel Olymp in Nessebar, captured in 1961 among the cluster of new hotels built near the town's medieval old quarter to house the growing number of coastal tourists.

EU: Nessebar, Hotel Ropotamo (1961) 1961 Hotel Ropotamo in Nessebar, photographed in 1961 and named after the Ropotamo River further down the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, known for its nature reserve.

EU: Nessebar, Pantokrator-Kirche (1962) 1962 Another 1962 photograph of Nessebar's Pantokrator Church, showing the small medieval building that still stands in the town's old quarter above the Black Sea shoreline.

Bulgaria, Nesebar Fortepan 1982 The coastal town of Nesebar on Bulgaria's Black Sea shore, one of the oldest settlements in Europe and known for its concentration of medieval churches, appears in this 1982 photograph from the Fortepan archive.

Старата митрополия, Св. София 2007 Ruins of St. Sophia, an early Byzantine basilica also known as the Old Metropolitan Church, stand within Nessebar's UNESCO-listed old town on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.

Nessebar. Church of Christos Pantocrator . Foto by Victor Belousov 2008 Dated to the thirteenth or fourteenth century, the Church of Christ Pantocrator in Nessebar displays the banded brickwork typical of the town's medieval churches.

Old Nesseber 2011 The old town of Nessebar, Bulgaria, photographed in 2011. Settled since antiquity on a small Black Sea peninsula, it preserves a dense concentration of medieval churches and wooden-framed houses.

Несебър - Църква "Св. Параскева" (ХІІІ - ХVІв.) 2011 The Church of St Paraskeva in Nessebar, Bulgaria, photographed in 2011. Built in the thirteenth or fourteenth century, it is among the many medieval churches that give the old town its UNESCO World Heritage status.

Clock tower - Nesebar 2012 The clock tower in Nessebar, Bulgaria, a Black Sea peninsula town whose old quarter preserves layers of Thracian, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine history. Photographed in 2012.

Church of Saint Sophia in Nesebar 01 2014 The Church of St. Sophia in Nessebar, Bulgaria, photographed in 2014. The Black Sea town's old quarter, settled since antiquity, holds one of the densest concentrations of medieval churches in the country.

Stara Mitropolia (Church of St Sophia) 2014 Stara Mitropolia, the old metropolitan church dedicated to St. Sophia in Nessebar, Bulgaria, photographed in 2014. Nessebar's old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with roots in Thracian and Greek settlement.

8230 Nessebar, Bulgaria 2014 A 2014 photograph of Nessebar, Bulgaria, whose peninsula old town preserves churches and wooden houses from the Bulgarian National Revival period alongside older Byzantine remains.

Old town of Nesebar 03 2014 Streets of the old town of Nesebar, Bulgaria, in 2014. The peninsula settlement traces its history to a Thracian and later Greek colony and preserves architecture spanning antiquity through the Bulgarian National Revival period.

Nessebar -Hagia Sophia Church (5th century) 2016 Hagia Sophia Church in Nessebar, Bulgaria, dating to the 5th century, photographed in 2016. Nessebar's old town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, preserves numerous medieval churches from the Byzantine era.

Nessebar, Bulgaria 2016 A scene from Nessebar's old town on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, taken in 2016. The peninsula has been continuously inhabited for millennia and today draws visitors to its cluster of historic churches.

St Sofia Church Nesebar 2016 The ruins of St. Sofia Church in Nesebar, Bulgaria, photographed in 2016. Built around the 5th or 6th century, it is one of the oldest churches in the old town and once served as the city's episcopal seat.

Church of Saint Sophia in Nesebar, Bulgaria 1 2022 The Church of Saint Sophia, also called the Old Metropolitan Church, is among the ancient basilicas in the old town of Nessebar, a Black Sea peninsula settlement and UNESCO World Heritage Site. This photograph was taken in 2022.

Medieval fountain in the old town of Nessebar - 01 2024 A medieval-era fountain in the old town of Nessebar, a Bulgarian Black Sea town whose ancient core, built up over Thracian, Greek, and Byzantine layers of settlement, is a UNESCO World Heritage site.