Старобългарското селище при с. Гиген – локален културен център
The Old Bulgarian Settlement Near the Village of Gigen – A Local Cultural Center

Author(s): Kamen Stanev
Subject(s): Language studies, Middle Ages
Published by: Кирило-Методиевски научен център при Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Gigen; Old Bulgarian settlement; church; inscription; Pechenegs.
Summary/Abstract: The article examines the early medieval settlement located in the Roman and early Byzantine town of Ulpia Oesus next to the present-day village of Gigen. Archaeogical excavations show that it is the largest in the area, there was a church and probably a small monastery. The settlement is known for the anti-heretical inscription discovered in the church. In the 11th century, it was destroyed by the Pechenegs, who made a large camp here. This camp is mentioned in Byzantine sources, as here in 1059 the Pechenegs were defeated. An Оld Bulgarian text mentions a battle on Gigovo Pole, in which the Pechenegs were defeated, and this allows this toponym to be associated with the settlement in question.

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