First published: 25/06/21.

Els Slots

Two Neolithic Dwellings

Two neolithic dwellings (On tentative list)

Two neolithic dwellings by Els Slots

Two days ago I visited this TWHS with the funny long name: Two neolithic dwellings with their interior and household furnishings and utensils completely preserved. The remains of the two adjacent dwellings lie in a museum building in the center of the town of Stara Zagora. Downstairs there is a collection of neolithic ceramics, mostly taken from other sites around Bulgaria. As the site is already well described by previous reviewers, I'll focus on the Practicalities.

Getting there by car
Although the museum is officially registered at ul. General Stoletov, the entrance to the parking lies at ul. Armeyska. It is signposted from the road with the sign attached to this review. You'll end up between university and hospital buildings and apartment blocks: the museum is enclosed by them. I could not find the entrance at my first try and the streets of Stara Zagora are quite busy with traffic, so there was no opportunity to look around slowly. Instead I parked at the large shopping center with Billa supermarket and Jysk furniture store at Bulevard Tsar Simeon Veliki. From there it is a 5 minute walk.

Entrance
The entrance fee is 5 Lev (2.5 EUR). Photography is forbidden. There is a guard on duty and a receptionist. There isn't much of explanation, only one map of the dwellings which indicates with colours what is left where. The houses had two storeys and parts of the contents of the collapsed second floor can be found between the ground floor remains.

Where next?
A visit to the museum will take only about half an hour. In the outskirts of Stara Zagora this enormous Brutalist sculpture can be admired: the Defenders of Stara Zagora Memorial Complex.

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