Black Sea School on Plasma Physics (Kiten, July 1–9, 2006)

The conference took place in the resort village Kiten, which is situated in the southeastern part of Bulgaria, on the Black Sea coast. The resort lies to the north of the mouth of the river Karaagach /the Kitenska river/ and part of it on the small peninsula Urdovizaà. Its shores are sheer and 10-15 m high. The peninsula is about 120 m long and from 60 to 80 m wide. The strip of land that joins it with the continent looks like a neck and is very narrow – no more than 40 m. Now a great part of the village resort spreads out of the peninsula.

The history of the resort is very ancient. Right next to the today’s village Kiten you may see the ruins of the Urdoviza fortress, located on the Black Sea peninsula of the same name. The name Urdoviza has its roots in the remote Bronze Age, comes from the ancient Thrace. It is an old Thracian settlement, which is confirmed by the plentiful finds of antique, stone anchors and pottery from the end of the Bronze Age, and namely archaic, classic and hellenistic packing pottery /mainly amphora fragments/ and fragments of red-glazed Roman vessels, found at the two bays round the peninsula. Now you may still see remains of the fortress wall, which was blocking the peninsula on the mainland side.

Pictures from attractive excursions in the reserve "Ropotamo" and routes to seaside resorts – Primorsko, Sozopol, Dyuni can also be seen here.