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Bulgaria’s Pernik to Rehabilitate Ancient Thracian Sanctuary Dedicated to Medicine God Asclepius
The
ruins of the Ancient Thracian asclepion, sanctuary of medicine god
Asclepius, in the Daskalovo Quarter of the western Bulgarian city of
Pernik. Photo: TV grab from News7
An Ancient Thracian asclepion, a sanctuary dedicated to Ancient Greek and Thracian god of medicine Asclepius, is to be rehabilitated and made accessible for visitors by the museum authorities in the western Bulgarian city of Pernik.
The Thracian asclepion near Pernik is the sanctuary dedicated to medicine god Asclepius which is closest to the Bulgarian capital Sofia, reports private Bulgarian TV channel News7.
The unique Ancient Thracian sanctuary is located in Pernik’s Daskalovo Quarter, between two highway lanes of the Daskalovo Road Junction, which is the where the Lyulin Highway and the Struma Highway meet.
The sanctuary of medicine god Asclepius was first discovered in 1979 during the construction of the road
connecting the Bulgarian capital Sofia with the Gyueshevo Border
Crossing Point on the border with the Republic of Macedonia (then the
former Yugoslavia).
It is yet to be developed as a cultural tourism site because it has been long neglected by the local authorities and the residents of Pernik.
However, a wide range of Ancient Thracian, Greek, and Roman artifacts from the asclepion can be seen at the Pernik Regional Museum of History.
The Museum’s rich collection of artifacts from the sanctuary includes a lot of reliefs and sculptures dedicated to Asclepius and his daughter Hygieia, the goddess of health, cleanliness, and sanitation, as well as the largest collection of slabs with different images of the supreme god of the Ancient Thracians, the Thracian Horseman, also known as god Heros.
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