The Collection of Articles “The Medieval Town of Trapezitsa in the Light of New Archaeological Research” was published
At the end of 2006, at the initiative of NAIM’s directorate and with the participation of scholars from the Veliko Tarnovo filial, headed by Assoc. Prof. Konstantin Totev, a 30-year program was devised for archaeological investigations at the hill Trapezitsa, approved by the Ministry of Culture and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria. The present collection of articles, printed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Veliko Tarnovo branch of NAIM-BAS, presents the most important results from archaeological research on Trapezitsa Hill during the first program period (2007 – 2022). It includes an address by the mayor of the Municipality of Veliko Tarnovo, eng. Dr. Daniel Panov, an introduction by the Assoc. Prof. Hristo Popov, and Acad. Prof. Dr. Vassil Nikolov – the present and the former director of NAIM-BAS, nine articles, bibliography, and a catalogue of the finds from the new excavations of the medieval town of Trapezitsa. The articles are as it follows:
Plamen Doychev. History of research of the medieval town of Trapezitsa.
Deyan Rabovyanov. The fortification system of the Trapezitsa fortress the second fortified core of the capital of Tarnovgrad.
Venko Ivanov, Deyan Rabovyanov. Residential architecture and the street network of the medieval town of Trapezitsa.
Konstantin Totev, Diana Koseva. Church architecture and Christian grace in the “Glorious town of Trapezitsa”.
Mirko Robov. Religious and lay complexes in the medieval town of Trapezitsa.
Stiliyan Ivanov. Sgraffito pottery from the fortress Trapezitsa in the capital Tarnovgrad – ornaments and figural compositions.
Georgi Sengalevich. Epigraphic heritage of Trapezitsa – an important source about the written culture of the capital Tarnovo.
Stoyan Mihaylov. Trapezitsa’s coin circulation (13th – 15th centuries).
In the editorial board of the edition are Assoc. Prof. Deyan Rabovyanov (editor-in-chief), Prof. Konstantin Totev, Assoc. Prof. Hristo Popov. Assoc. Prof. Mirko Robov. The English translation is made by Petya Andreeva (editor), Kaloyan Pramatarov, Nataliya Ivanova, Slavi Kostadinov, and Margarit Damyanov. Layout design: Silvya Georgieva. Photos in the catalogue: Miglena Raykovska.
D. Rabovyanov, K. Totev, Hr. Popov, M. Robov 2025. The Medieval Town of Trapezitsa in the Light of New Archaeological Research. National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Faber Publishing House, Veliko Tarnovo, 2025, 414 pp. ΙSBN: 978-619-00-2034-9.
The book can be purchased at the National Archaeological Museum's ticket office (Sofia, Atanas Burov Square 1).