History of Bourgas
Bourgas is more than two thousand years old. It was founded as a Roman
settlement under the name of Kulata. The first books about its history
are found with the Byzantian poet Manuel Phill (XIII c.). Later
additional data was provided by the Turkish historian
Hadji Kalfa (XUIIc.). He gave the town two different names - Bourgos and Pirgos.
The name of the town is derived from the Greek words "pirgos" or "bourgos",
meaning fortress, tower, provoked by the numerous fishing towers - "bourgs"
in the vicinity.
In the Turkish register from 1676 the settlement was entered as a town
for the first time, and later in another document from 1730 - as a port Bourgas.
Burnt down in XIX century, it was brought back to life again and turned into an
important administrative, economic and cultural centre of Bulgaria.
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