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Brits restore fortress

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The ruins of the Sexaginta Prista Roman fortress, restored and conserved with $80 000 provided by the British charity Hadley Trust, have been officially opened to the public.

Sexaginta Prista (The Port for Sixty) dates from 71CE. It was built under the reign of Roman Emperor Vespasian to defend the river port and was part of the fortification system along the Roman Empire's northern border.

Sexaginta Prista was razed by the Avars in the 6th century but a Bulgarian settlement emerged on its ruins in the 9th-10th century, giving rise to what is now Rousse.

The idea of the restoration project, financed by Hadley Trust within the Beautiful Rousse Project, was to preserve an important archaeological landmark from antiquity, to landscape a pleasant park environment in central Rousse, and to attract foreign tourists from the river passenger terminal nearby, said Andy Anderson who, until recently, headed the Rousse Office of the Beautiful Bulgaria Project.

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