点评:The town has a history that goes back more than 2,500 years, and that’s what makes walking through it so interesting. The area was first settled as early as the 3rd millennium BC, before Greek settlers from Miletus founded the city of Apollonia Pontica around 610 BC. It became an important Greek trading and maritime centre, connecting the Black Sea with the wider Mediterranean world.
Over the centuries, the town passed through Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Bulgarian and Ottoman periods. Christianity became important early on and during the medieval period Sozopol developed into an important religious and trading centre, with numerous churches and monasteries. The old fortress walls that you can still see today were originally built in Late Antiquity and rebuilt several times.
The Sozopol you see today really took shape during the 18th and 19th centuries, when many of the traditional wooden houses were built.
翻译:这座城镇有着超过2,500年的历史,正因如此,漫步其中才如此饶有趣味。该地区早在公元前3000年便有人定居,随后在公元前610年左右,来自米利都的希腊移民在此建立了阿波罗尼亚·庞蒂卡城。这座城市后来发展成为希腊重要的贸易与海事中心,将黑海地区与更广阔的地中海世界紧密相连。
几个世纪以来,这座城镇先后经历了希腊、罗马、拜占庭、保加利亚以及奥斯曼帝国的统治时期。基督教很早就开始发挥重要作用,在中世纪时期,索佐波尔逐渐发展成为一个重要的宗教与贸易中心,拥有众多教堂和修道院。如今我们仍能看到的古老城墙,最初建于晚期古罗马时期,此后又历经多次重建。
我们今天所见的索佐波尔,其面貌基本是在18至19世纪形成的,当时许多传统的木制房屋相继建成。