Storgosia
Storgosia ( Bulgarian Сторгозия ) was a late antique fort as well as an early Byzantine and medieval fortress and settlement, which had its origin in a Roman road station . Today it is located in Pleven in northern Bulgaria - in the Kajlaka Park (Bulgarian Кайлъка) and in the Kajlaka Gorge. The original name of the city of Pleven was Storgosia . The current name Pleven was first mentioned in documents in 1266.
history
Already in the 2nd and 1st millennium BC There were settlements in the area of the Kajlaka Park from the Stone Age and Bronze Age. In the 1st millennium BC There was a Thracian settlement here under the name Storgosia, which was then taken over by the Romans.
Later there was a vexillation of the Legio I Italica, which had its main base in Novae (today Swishtow ). The favorable economic conditions of the growing settlement exerted a pull on the population from the surrounding small villages.
The military camp in Storgosia grew gradually and became a fortress in late antiquity - because of the invasions of the Goths and other barbarian tribes after 238 AD, who invaded the Balkan territories of the Roman Empire over several centuries and the ethnic composition and the political situation fundamentally changed the region. These incursions probably exerted an even greater pull on the surrounding population, who sought protection in the vicinity of Storgosia, on the naturally protected area that is now Kajlaka Park.
At the beginning of the 4th century, 31,000 m² were paved and surrounded by a 2.20 m thick fortress wall - made of rubble stones and mortar.
During archaeological excavations two goals, three defensive towers, residential buildings, a large basilica was (45.2 × 22.2 m, three naves , three apses , a colonnade on the south side) from the 4th century and a public granary discovered. Storgosia was probably located in what is now Pleven's city center.
After the destruction by the Huns , the settlement was rebuilt under Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century.
The fortress existed until the end of the 6th century, the beginning of the settlement by the Slavs, which lasted from the 6th century to the middle of the 7th century. The city with the name Kajlika (Kajluka, Bulgar. Кайлъка) was rebuilt by the Slavs and renamed Kamenez (Kamenec, "limestone cliff"). Another settlement was built north of Kamenez and was named Pleven (root word: weeds - e.g. in Czech: Plevel = weeds). Both settlements later united.
To the north of it a second settlement was built called Pleven (from plevel - weed). Later both settlements united and were first mentioned in a document in 1266 under Pleven, when it was captured by the Magyars.
The first written mention of Pleven comes from 1266 when the city was captured by the Magyars . From 1270 the name Pleven was used. Pleven was later an important fortress for the Ottoman Empire. However, the Pleven Fortress is not identical to the Storgosia Fortress.
The archaeological finds in Storgosia - ceramics, weapons, coins - and in its necropolis show that the fortified settlement continued to exist until the end of the 6th century.
A district of Pleven is now called Storgosia (жк Сторгозия), there is also a hotel Storgosia.
After a "clean-up" in 1985, during which the vegetation was removed - grass, bushes, trees - nothing was done and the area deteriorated again. The Storgosia Fortress was reconstructed in 2005 with the support of EU funds (over 38,600 euros) from the PHARE program to prepare Bulgaria's accession to the EU.
Since 2012 is Storgosia-Nunatak in Graham Land named in Antarctica after this village.
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Coordinates: 43 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ N , 24 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ E