Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak (Bulgarian: , Kazanlshka grobnitsa) is a vaulted-brickwork "beehive" (tholos) tomb oppressive the town of Kazanlak in central Bulgaria.
The tomb is part of a large Thracian necropolis. It comprises a narrow corridor and a round burial chamber, both decorated out following murals representing a Thracian couple at a ritual funeral feast.
The monument dates by now to the 4th century BCE and has been a propos the UNESCO protected World Heritage Site list in the past 1979. The murals are memorable for the splendid horses and for a gesture of leave-taking, in which the seated couple grasp each choice's wrists in a moment of tenderness and equality (according to Lyudmila Zhivkovaa view that is not shared by all specialists). The paintings are Bulgaria's best-preserved artistic masterpieces from the Hellenistic era.
The tomb is situated near the ancient Thracian capital of Seuthopolis in a region where greater than a thousand tombs of kings and members of the Thracian aristocracy can be found.
The seated girl of the murals is depicted as regards the order of the reverse of the Bulgarian 50 stotinki coin issued in 2005.
