Tomb of Seuthes III

#40 among destinations in Bulgaria

Museum, Tomb

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The Tomb of Seuthes III is located near Kazanlak, Bulgaria. Seuthes III was the King of the Odrysian Kingdom of Thrace from c. 331 to c. 300 BC and founder of the nearby Thracian city of Seuthopolis. ()

Local name: Голяма Косматка Coordinates: 42°42'0"N, 25°20'0"E

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Stara ZagoraBulgaria

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Tomb of Seuthes III – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Thracian tomb Shushmanets, Shipka Memorial Church, Ostrusha mound, Thracian tomb Griffins.

0.9 miNE
Tomb
Thracian tomb Shushmanets, Shipka
24 min walk • The Thracian tomb at Shushmanets is a mound located in the Valley of the Thracian Rulers. It was built as a temple in the 4th century BC and later used as a tomb.
1.1 miN
Church, Russian revival architecture
Shipka Memorial Church, Shipka
29 min walk • The Memorial Temple of the Birth of Christ, better known as the Shipka Memorial Church or Shipka Monastery is a Bulgarian Orthodox church built near the town of Shipka in Stara Planina between 1885 and 1902 to Antoniy Tomishko's design in the seventeenth-century Muscovite style, under the direction of architect Alexander Pomerantsev.
1.1 miSE
Museum, Tomb
Ostrusha mound
30 min walk • The Ostrusha mound is a Thracian burial tumulus near the Bulgarian town of Shipka. It was constructed in the middle of the 4th century BCE.
0.7 miNE
Museum, Tomb
Thracian tomb Griffins
18 min walk • The Thracian tomb Griffins, found in Bulgaria, has a façade decorated with plastic columns and with a pediment above them. The pediment`s ends are semi-palmettes, the lower leaves of which are elongated and look like heads of griffins.
1.2 miW
Tomb
Thracian tomb Golyama Arsenalka
32 min walk • Golyama Arsenalka mound is a Thracian burial tumulus with a subterranean stone building near the Bulgarian town of Shipka. It dates from the end of 5th century BCE. It is composed of a representative façade, a small antechamber and a domed chamber. The entrances have been closed with double stone doors.
0.8 miNE
Tomb
Thracian tomb Helvetia
20 min walk • The Thracian tomb "Helvetia" mound near Shipka, Bulgaria, was built in the middle of the 4th century BC.