EU: Plovdiv - Roman Gate (1937) through time

Plovdiv 1909–1961 10 photos of this spot

10 photographs taken at the same spot in Plovdiv, spanning 1909–1961 — 10 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

A view of Nebet Tepe, one of Plovdiv's ancient hills and the site of a fortress dating back to Thracian times, photographed in 1909.

EU: Vue de Plovdiv - Nebet Tepe. (1909) 1909 A view of Nebet Tepe, one of Plovdiv's ancient hills and the site of a fortress dating back to Thracian times, photographed in 1909.

EU: Boys high school and French college in Plovdiv (1909) 1909 A boys' high school and French college in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, photographed in 1909.

EU: Plovdiv: Aussicht von einem der sieben Hügel auf Plovdiv (1937) 1937 Plovdiv seen from one of its hills in 1937. The city's ancient core has long spread across a cluster of rocky outcrops, giving rise to its old nickname as the city of the seven hills.

EU: Plovdiv: römisches Tor (1937) 1937 The Roman Gate, known locally as Hisar Kapia, in Plovdiv's old town, photographed in 1937. It formed part of the fortification that once guarded the ancient acropolis on Nebet Tepe hill.

EU: Plovdiv - View from one of the seven hills (1937) 1937 Rooftops and terrain in Plovdiv as viewed from one of the city's hills, in this photograph dated 1937, showing the layout of a settlement that has been continuously inhabited for millennia.

EU: Plovdiv - Roman Gate (1937) 1937 Plovdiv's Roman Gate, a surviving stretch of ancient fortification in the old town, photographed in 1937, decades before later restoration work reshaped parts of the surrounding site.

EU: Plovdiv: Bazar mit Moschee (1937) 1937 A bazaar alongside a mosque in Plovdiv is captured in this 1937 photograph, reflecting the Ottoman-era commercial and religious architecture still present in the Bulgarian city, which had been under Ottoman rule for centuries before independence.

EU: Plovdiv: Aussicht von anderem Hügel (1937) 1937 This 1937 photograph looks out over Plovdiv from one of the city's hills, offering a wide view across the historic Bulgarian city, which is built around several such rocky outcrops known locally as tepета.

EU: Plovdiv: enge Gasse im Türkenviertel (1937) 1937 A narrow lane in Plovdiv's old Turkish quarter is shown in this 1937 photograph, part of the city's Ottoman-era residential fabric that survived alongside its ancient and medieval layers.

EU: Plovdiv madártávlatból (1961) 1961 A bird's-eye view of Plovdiv taken in 1961, showing the city spread across its characteristic hills along the banks of the Maritsa River in south-central Bulgaria.