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It
is located near
Štip, on the
coast of the river Bregalnica. The last archeological researches, discovers that
the period of late antique and the early Christian period was fill out with
plenty monuments. The late Roman period was in a good mood in the place of
Bargala and the region of the river Kozjak. In the 4th and 5th
century AD, Bargala
became important and well known strong cultural and churchly center. The
territory of the city was 5 hectares. It was protected by a walls fat 2,2
meters. The Christian complex is contained by a 4 basilicas, 3 big and 1 small.
And also there was e residence for the episcope. The city was in the part of the
province middle Dachiya. In the literature is first mentioned in the year of 451
AD, in the list of the meeting of Halkedon, where the episcope Dardanius from
Bargala is written right near the episcope Nikola from Stobi. The both of them
were mentioned in the group of episcopes of Macedonia. Not far from Bargala was
discovered the ruins of the ancient city of Astibo, near Štip.
 In Macedonia were discovered
around 130 basilicas in: mostly in the archeological sites, in villages and in
rural places. |
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