Urdoviza Fortress

Urdoviza is a fortress with Thracian, ancient and medieval phases. It stands on the cape of the same name, 0.7 km east in a straight line from central Kiten. It has existed since the Trojan War in the twelfth century BC. Urdoviza played a significant role as a Bulgarian stronghold and naval base. Its existence from early Thracian times is attested by numerous finds, including ancient stone anchors and various kinds of pottery: Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic amphora pottery, as well as fragments of Roman red-slip vessels, found around the two bays surrounding the peninsula.
The peninsula on which the fortress stood is approximately 120 metres long and sixty to eighty metres wide. Its steep shores rise ten to fifteen metres, making it practically inaccessible from the sea. The Škorpil brothers discovered the ruins of its defensive wall, built of rubble stone bonded with white mortar containing broken roof tiles.