Solnitsata
Solnitsata was a prehistoric town located in present-day Bulgaria, near the modern city of Provadia. It is the oldest salt production center in continental Europe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Томасина, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: prehistoric town near Provadia, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Provadia Solnitsata”, “Provadia-Solnitsata”, and “Провадия-Солницата;Solnitsata”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Provadia and Royak.
Provadia
Town
Photo: Izvora, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Provadia is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Varna Province, located in a deep karst gorge along the Provadiya River not far from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Provadia is situated 6 km northwest of Solnitsata.
Royak
Village
Royak is a village in Dalgopol Municipality, in Varna Province, eastern Bulgaria. Royak is situated 9 km southwest of Solnitsata.
Padina
Village
Padina is a village of approximately 340 people situated in Devnya Municipality, Varna Province, Bulgaria. Small and middle-sized farmers produce crops such as grain, corn, wheat, sunflowers, as well as dairy products and livestock including meat, chicken, geese, ducks and other poultry as their primary sources of income. Padina is situated 9 km northeast of Solnitsata.
Solnitsata
- Categories: archaeological site, ancient city, settlement formation in Bulgaria, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Provadia, Varna, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
43.12835° or 43° 7′ 42″ northLongitude
27.47246° or 27° 28′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8GM94FHC+8XOpenStreetMap ID
way 460635249OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3489535
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Solnitsata” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Солницата”
- Chinese: “索爾尼特历史”
- Chinese: “索爾尼特歷史”
- Dutch: “Solnitsata”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سولنيتساتا”
- Finnish: “Provadia-Solnitsata”
- French: “Solnitsata”
- German: “Solnizata”
- Hebrew: “סולוניצטה”
- Hebrew: “סולניטסטה”
- Indonesian: “Solnitsata”
- Italian: “Solnitsata”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Solnitsata”
- Polish: “Sołnicata”
- Russian: “Провадия-Солницата”
- Spanish: “Solnitsata”
- Ukrainian: “Провадія-Солніцата”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Solnitsata”. Photo: Томасина, CC BY-SA 4.0.