KASTRITSI FORTRESS (Valentin Pletnyov, Maria Manolova-Voikova – mara_manolova@yahoo.de, Igor Lazarenko) The explorations continued in the central part of the fortress, to the west of the main street. A building was discovered, 28 m long and 14 m wide, consisting of 12 parallel rooms arranged in two rows. Postholes of large timber beams that supported the second floor were discovered. There were stoves in all the rooms. A yard paved with cobblestones was discovered to the north of the building, with a stone wall along the street and a wide gate. A large quantity of tableware was found. The building was an inn with a pub, situated close above the harbor. Over 90% of the pottery discovered during the excavations dated to the 14th century, including sgraffito pottery imported from Sozopolis and Constantinople, lusterware from the Western Mediterranean and proto-majolica pottery from Southern Italy. The finds from the excavations dated mostly to the 14th century and included terracotta and lead spindle whorls, lead fishing weights, fishing hooks, belt buckles, arrowheads, spurs, knives, a handle protector of a saber, a gold earring, a silvered belt appliqué, bronze finger-rings, lead and bronze crosses, a bronze stamp for producing silver icons showing Virgin Mary Panagia, a small bronze anvil, coins from the 13th to the beginning of the 15th centuries minted by the Byzantine Empire, the Second Bulgarian Kingdom, the Despotate of Dobrudzha, the Principality of Wallachia, the Principality of Moldavia, the Empire of Trebizond, the Despotate of Epirus, the Mamluk Sultanate, 107 copper and silver Ottoman coins minted by Murad I, Bayezid I and Prince Emîr Süleyman, the latest ones minted in 1404.