Subway Station 8 - II (2009 - 2012)
The site occupies an area of about6,000 sq. m to the west of the Central Department Store, under the street lanes of Maria Louisa Str, bounded to the north by Pirotska Str and to the south by T.Aleksandrov Blvd. It is an on-sitearchaeological complex - part of the Ancient Serdica Cultural Complex.The unearthed archaeological remains can be attributed to two major chronological periods: 1st century – end of the 4th century CE, and 10th century – 18th century CE.
The excavated streets, architectural remnants of civil and religious buildings can be referred to the first period.The two main streets of Ancient Serdica - Cardo Maximus (the main north-south oriented street) and Decumanus Maximus (the main east-west oriented street), which connected the town’s fortress gates, and secondary streets have been exposed. Some seven residential buildings with clear indications of various past reconstructions and upgrades have also been exposed, as well as two basilicas dating back to the 4th century CE.
The excavated remains of several solid and spacious two-storey buildings, two churches – each with a nave and an apse, remains of a cobblestone street, and a town square south of the Banya Bashi Mosque can be referred to the period 10th century – 18th century CE.
The studies have confirmed that the ancient town of Serdica was founded with the direct involvement of the Roman military.
