Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1153, masanin ilimin ƙasa na Larabawa Burizi ya ƙetare ƙasar, kuma ya rubuta wurin "Atrubi" a wurin tsohuwar Turres, yana bayyana shi a matsayin wanda ke kusa da ƙaramin kogin da ya zo daga tsaunukan Serbia kuma ya kasance mataimaki na Morava. A cikin 1182-83 sojojin Serbia da Babban Yarima Stefan Nemanja ya jagoranta sun ci ƙasashen Byzantine daga Niš zuwa Sofia. Sarbanci sun kori Sarkin Byzantine Isaac II Angelus a 1190 Pirot da Bela Palanka (Remesiana) ba a ambaci su ba kamar yadda suka lalace tun lokacin da aka yi tawaye a cikin 940s. Tun daga ƙarshen ƙarni na 12 yankin Pirot ya kasance wani ɓangare na maido da jihar Bulgaria
Ka yi haƙuri. Yankin ya kasance na ɗan lokaci a cikin yankunan masarautar masarautar Bulgarian mai suna Kaloyan. A cikin 1331-1332 an gina Cocin St. Petka a Staničenje - a lokacin Sarkin Bulgaria Joan Asen (Ivan Alexander) da Vidin master Belaur.