The early Christian monument Small Basilica, situated on Maria Louisa Blvd, will be open for tourists from May 1st, and on May 4 there will be no admission fees.
The Basilica and the Roman Stadium are the most important cultural and historical sites in Plovdiv, which attract foreign and Bulgarian tourists.
During the construction of an apartment block in Plovdiv in 1988, the ruins of an early Christian church from the middle of the 5th-the end of the 6th centuries were accidentally discovered. The floor of the church was covered with geometrical mosaics. A cross-shaped baptismal pool made of marble and decorated with fine mosaics depicting a stag and doves was discovered in the baptistery.