Storgosia Fortress

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Le château en bref

In Kaylaka Park, at the southern entrance to Pleven, the ruins of Storgosia recall the Roman presence in the Vit valley. It began as a road station guarded by soldiers of the I Italica legion, who came from Novae, and was turned into a fortress at the beginning of the fourth century in response to Gothic raids. Its enclosure of about three hectares, bounded by a wall more than two metres thick, had two gates and three towers, and housed houses, a public granary and a large basilica more than 45 metres long. Abandoned at the end of the sixth century, it later served as a quarry for the Ottomans, who reused its stones to build the barracks of Pleven. The remains can be seen freely along a walk through the park.