Cabyle

Cabyle (also Kabile) was one of the most important centres of south-eastern Thrace, established around 2000 BC on the Zaychi Vrah Heights near modern Yambol, Bulgaria. It served as a royal residence of the Odrysian Kingdom before being conquered by Philip II of Macedon in 341 BC. Incorporated into the Roman province of Thrace after 71 BC, it later flourished during Late Antiquity. The hilltop preserves a rock-cut shrine of the goddess Cybele. Declared a national archaeological reserve in 1969, the 60-hectare site encompasses the Hellenistic and Roman settlement, necropolises, and the largest early Christian basilica in Bulgaria from its era.