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Site NameUrvich Fortress
LocationKokalyane
Ancient Site NameUrvich

Country Bulgaria
Region Sofia-Capital
Provincia Sofia
District/Comune Kokaljane

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The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

Monuments

- Fortress
- Church
- Cemetery
- Monastery

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- 2008 URVICH FORTRESS (Boni Petrunova – boni_boon@abv.bg) The Urvich Fortress dates to the 13th – 14th centuries and covered an area of 1.72 ha. The fortification wall followed the configuration of the terrain and protected an ellipsoid area which is 849 m long.... Read More
- 2011 URVICH FORTRESS (Boni Petrunova – boni_boon@abv.bg) The fortress was 849 m long with an area of 1.72 ha. The ruins of St. Elias Church were situated almost in its center. The structure of the church and the fortification walls was identical: stones bonded ... Read More
- 2012 URVICH FORTRESS (Boni Petrunova – boni_boon@abv.bg) The explorations of St. Elias Church continued. Two graves and several re-burials were explored in the yard, 130 sq. m in size and located to the north of the church. Room No. 2 was discovered at 13 m to ... Read More
- 2013 URVICH FORTRESS (Boni Petrunova – boni_boon@abv.bg, Elena Vasileva) The explorations of the monastery comlex, which was founded at the end of the 14th century and was situated in the central part of the fortress, continued. A layer containing fragmentary b... Read More
- 2014 URVICH FORTRESS (Boni Petrunova – boni_boon@abv.bg) The monastery covered an area of 1372 sq. m. St. Elias Church is situated in its northern part and the dining room and the kitchen were discovered in its western wing. The monks’ cells were situated in th... Read More
- 2015 URVICH FORTRESS (Philip Petrunov – fili4@abv.bg) Walls were discovered in the eastern sector of the monastery, most probably belonging to a room situated outside the surrounding wall. The finds from the excavations included 28 coins, mostly from the Late A... Read More
- 2017 URVICH FORTRESS (Philip Petrunov – fili4@abv.bg) In Sector XIV, in Trench Zh6 three Christian graves were excavated, which were previously documented in 2014. Four new graves were documented, two of them with burial chambers built of stone slabs. In Trench... Read More
- 2018 URVICH FORTRESS (Violina Kiryakova – v.kirqkova@abv.bg, Philip Petrunov) The explorations of the Late Mediaeval Monastery St. Elias continued. Fragments from frescoes were discovered close to the southern side of the church. A grave built of stone slabs a... Read More
- 2019 URVICH FORTRESS (Violina Kiryakova – v.kirqkova@abv.bg, Philip Petrunov) Mixed finds of the 4th – 6th centuries AD and the 13th – 14th centuries were discovered to the north of the Mediaeval tower, including a silver coin of the Bulgarian King Ivan Alexand... Read More

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