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.- 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 Tutrakantsi and Provadia.
Provadia
Town
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.
Solnitsata
- Categories: archaeological site, ancient city, settlement formation in Bulgaria, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Provadia, Varna, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.12835° or 43° 7′ 42″ north
Longitude
27.47246° or 27° 28′ 21″ east
Open location code
8GM94FHC+8X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Solnitsata” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Solnitsata”
- 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”
- Turkish: “Solnitsata”
- Ukrainian: “Провадія-Солніцата”
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