Roman fortress of Sostra

En un regard

Le château en bref

In the Osam valley, near the village of Lomets and some fifteen kilometres from Troyan, the Roman fort of Sostra guarded the via Traiana, the great road that crossed the Balkan Mountains by the Troyan Pass to link Thrace with the Danube. Founded around the year 100 as a simple relay station, it was fortified around 147 on the orders of Antoninus Pius and housed a cohort of some five hundred men. Captured by the Goths in 249, it was rebuilt five years later, with a more modern bastioned enclosure built inside the original one. Excavations have restored the arched eastern gate, cleared the Roman road leading to it and uncovered a luxurious posting station with a covered swimming pool. The objects discovered are displayed at the Troyan Museum.