The site of Skaptopara, which dates back to Thracian times and where valuable finds from the Roman era recently have been made, is a forerunner settlement to the modern town of Blagoevgrad. It has been in the headlines recently because of a campaign to have the route of the motorway, which when completed will link Pernik – 35km from Sofia – to Bulgaria’s Kulata border checkpoint with Greece, changed to preserve the Skaptopara site in situ, rather than relocating the finds elsewhere. The site initially was found in 1973. It is the motorway construction project that has made a decision on its fate a pressing matter. Mayor Kambitov is among those who have called for the motorway to be re-routed.
Source: Sofia Globe
