Name Within the area of Biga (at
Karabiga) is the site of the ancient city of
Pegaea (), also known as
Pegae or
Pegai (Πηγαί, "the Springs") until late
Byzantine times (in Crusader sources it is also known as
Spiga). Archaeologists have not yet established how far back the site has been inhabited. In ancient times, Pegaea, located on the plain of Adrastea on the border between the
Troad and
Mysia, was sometimes included as part of one and sometimes the other. Since coming under
Ottoman rule in 1364 it has been known as Biga. Under the Ottomans, it was the seat of a
sanjak.
Ecclesiastical history In the early 14th century, Emperor
Andronikos II Palaiologos made Pegae a
metropolis, by uniting it with
Parium, as they both faced decline amid the
Turkoman and
Ghazi invasions. In 1354 the metropolis of Pegae-Parium was described as being close to disappearing. The incumbent
metropolitan received the see of
Sozopolis in hopes that it would support the other two economically. However, the metropolis soon disappeared. ==Tourism==