Bargala

Bargala is an archaeological site in Karbinci Municipality, North Macedonia, 15.5 km east of the city of Štip [1]. It is situated in a river valley on the lower slope of the north side of Plačkovica Mountain [1]. The site's name is of Thracian origin [1]. An inscription at the site states that the city gate was constructed in 371/372 AD [1]. An important religious and cultural centre of the middle Bregalnica region, Bargala was a city in the Roman province of Macedonia Secunda [1]. In the 4th and 5th centuries, the prosperous city was the seat of a bishopric with a basilica complex at its centre and four more basilicas located outside the city wall [1]. The bishopric of Bargala existed until the end of the 6th century AD [1]. Archaeological excavations began in 1966, uncovering the trapezoidal fortified site and ruins of its seven towers and two gates [1].