NESSEBAR MUNICIPALITY RELIES ON CULTURE TOURISM TO OVERCOME THE ECONOMIC CRISIS Thousands of invaluable and unique artifacts lie in the ground where Nessebar stands today. This is the conclusion of the archaeologists working “on site” in the ancient Messambria. In the last archaeological summer six hundred and fifty finds were excavated in the necropolis. The historical and archaeological value of just two of them pays for all the investments made by the municipality in the excavations. One of them is a red vase for serving wine dating to the beginning of the 4th c BC, the other one is a “protome”, ceramic bust of a female deity, from the same period. The vase bears a precise drawing of a griffin with a maenad on its back standing opposite a satyr.
Gold Medal from the Republic of France for the Mayor of Nessebar Nessebar is the Third Bulgarian City in the UN Organization - Municipalities of Nations for Peace Jean Francois Pennel, president of the UN Organization “Municipalities of Nations for Peace” and ex governmental official, awarded a gold medal to Mr. Nikolai Dimitrov, mayor of Nessebar municipality. The reason for the distinction was the official subscription of Nessebar to the prestige organization. The certificate of membership was handed to the mayor in the presence of representatives of the municipal authorities and media. Nessebar is the third member-town of the big family of the UN after Sofia and Bourgas. Two years ago the mayor made the first steps to the incorporation of Nessebar to the highest international forum.
