Chetinyova Mound

The Thracian tomb beneath Chetinyova Mound near the village of Starosel is the largest structure of its kind in Thrace and the surrounding region. It was built in the mid-fourth century BC for a Thracian ruler, probably a member of the family of Cotys I. It was excavated in 2000 by Georgi Kitov and is open to visitors. The tomb and the surrounding burial mounds lie in the central part of Hisarya Municipality, below the southern slopes of Sashtinska Sredna Gora. The area has an average elevation of 300 m. The mound was erected no later than 359 BC, as indicated by coins of Philip II of Macedon. It was completed in the 350s or 340s BC.