Novae (fortress)
Legionary fortress with later Bishop's palace and cathedral | |
Novae Shown within Bulgaria | |
| Coordinates | 43°36′46.4″N 25°23′39.4″E / 43.612889°N 25.394278°E |
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| Type | Settlement |
| Site notes | |
| Ownership | Public |
| Public access | Yes |
Novae was a Roman legionary fortress along the empire's border found in modern-day Bulgaria. It was part of a series of frontier defences (limes Moesiae) along the Danube. The settlement later expanded into a town in the Roman province of Moesia Inferior, later Moesia Secunda.
It lies about 4 km east of the modern town of Svishtov.
The fortress is one of the few along the limes to have been excavated and now open to the public.