Lysimachia (Thrace) Lysimachia (Thrace) Lysimachia () was an important Hellenistic Greek town on the north-western extremity of the Thracian Chersonese (the modern Gallipoli peninsula) in the neck where the peninsula joins the mainland in what is now the European part of Turkey, not far from the bay of Melas (the modern Gulf of Saros). The city was built by Lysimachus in 309 BCE, when he was preparing for the last struggle with his rivals; for the new city, being situated on the isthmus, commanded the road from Sestos to the north and the mainland of Thrace. In order to obtain inhabitants for
Thrace Foundation June 2009, a large team from the Thrace Foundation and Russia’s State Museum of Eastern Art presented an exhibition titled "The Salvaged Treasures of Ancient Thrace" in Moscow, which featured elements from the Vassil Bojkov Collection. The exhibition was part of "Тhe Year of Bulgaria in Russia" initiative and was held under the patronage of Russia’s and Bulgaria’s Ministries of Culture. This exhibition was the first public event of the new Bulgarian Union of Private Collectors. The organisation was established in March 2010, with Professor Valeri Stefanov as its chair. Sofia’s National Gallery of Foreign Art unveiled the exhibition on