Archaeologists found an ancient street in Plovdiv

Archaeologists discovered an antique street from ancient Philippopolis found in the downtown Plovdiv. The site had provided access to the main square of the Roman city. The street is built of syenite stones that the ancient masters had obtained from the hills in the city.

The archaeological studies were linked to the reconstruction of the modern Central Square in Plovdiv, under which a large part of the remains of Philipopolis are located. The Roman street was at the entrance to the ancient square and was built in the middle of the third century.

Maya Martinova, archeologist: The street actually gave access to the commercial part of the city square, the agora, where the main commercial activity took place. It is in the shape of square, with doors on the four sides and shops in a chain from the east, south and west.

The route was crossed by another street, which was discovered in the 1980s. The new discoveries show the main stages in the construction of the street system of ancient Philippopolis.

Maya Martinova, archeologist: These are the earliest streets, one of them is of thimble. Later, from a river stone, and then we have two street levels that are of these great syenite slabs.

The excavations revealed a well-preserved part of a water pipeline made of clay and a sewerage system. The newly discovered ancient street will be only fragmentarily studied and displayed after the completion of the reconstruction of the modern Plovdiv Square. Next to it, the remains of columns and the facades that had decorated the ancient buildings of Philippopolis will be displayed.

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