Средновековни селища в областта на Средна Струма (VII–XIV в.). Каталог
Mediaeval Settlements in the Region of the Middle Strouma River (7th – 14th c.). A Catalogue

Summary/Abstract: The work considers the mediaeval settlements in the region of the Middle Strouma in the period from the 7th to the 14th century. Use is made of the available information from mediaeval Bulgarian and Byzantine sources, as well as of archaeological material. For some settlements are given important data from Turkish inventories for the 15th and 16th centuries.A review is made of the mediaeval settlements the existed at Blagoevgrad (Gorna Djoumaya), the villages of Gradeshnitsa, Dobursko (Nedobursko), Dolene, Drenkovo (Drenovo), Katountsi, Kroupnik, Koulata, Leshko, Levounovo, Lyubovishte, Mitino (Mitinovo) and Palat, the town of Petrich, the villages of Petrovo, Razloshki Popove and Rozhen, the town of Sandanski (the former village and town of Sveti Vrach), the settlement on the hill “Samouilova Krepost”, the mediaeval fortress at the village of Gorno Spanchevo, the Tserovo ruins of an ancient settlement and the village of Cherniche.

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