Archaeological Sites in Albania
City/town/settlement in Albania (15)
Ad Quintum
Ad Quintum was an ancient settlement and a Roman thermal complex in Illyricum, near Bradashesh. Ad Quintum was a mutatio ("changing station" or "way station") of the Via Egnatia,…
Albanopolis
Albanopolis was a city of the Albanoi, an Illyrian tribe. The city appears in the literature in 150 AD, almost 300 years after Roman conquest of the region. The toponym…
Amantia
Amantia was an ancient city and the main settlement of the Amantes, traditionally located in southern Illyria in classical antiquity. The site has been identified with the village…
Apollonia Archaeological Park
Founded around 600 BC by Greek colonists from Corinth and Corcyra in southern Illyria, Apollonia grew into a major city on the Vjose River near the Adriatic coast. Its harbour…
Archaeological Park of Antigonea
Antigonea was an ancient Greek city in Chaonia, Epirus. The city was the chief inland settlement of the Chaonians and featured walls encircling the hill and a centre laid out on a…
Butrint
Butrint was an ancient Greek polis and later Roman city and the seat of an early Christian bishopric in Epirus. Bouthroton (modern day Butrint) was originally one of the major…
Dimale
Dimale or Dimallum was a town in southern Illyria in classical antiquity which was situated in the vicinity or within the territory of the Parthini, an Illyrian tribe. It was…
Durrës
Durrës was founded under the name of Epidamnos around the 7th century BC, by ancient Greek colonists from Corinth and Corcyra in cooperation with the Taulantii, a local Illyrian…
Finiq Archaeological Park
Phoenice (modern Finiq) was the capital of the Chaonians, an ancient Greek tribe in Epirus, and once the wealthiest city in the region. Founded in the 5th century BC, its…
Hadrianopolis (Epirus)
Ancient Roman city in the Drino Valley near Sofratike, Albania, founded by Emperor Hadrian during his visit in AD 125 on the site of an earlier Hellenistic settlement of the…
Justinianopolis (Epirus)
Justinianopolis or Ioustinianoupolis (Ancient Greek: Ἰουστινιανούπολις), was a town of ancient Epirus and of Illyricum, the successor settlement to Hadrianopolis that was repaired…
Lezhë District
The ancient Illyrian city of Lissus, one of the major strongholds of the Labeatai tribe, situated near the mouth of the Drin River in northwestern Albania. Excavations have…
Nymphaeum (Illyria)
Nymphaeum was an ancient harbour on the coast of Illyria, situated approximately 3 miles north of Lissus. The site has been identified with the area of modern-day Shëngjin in…
Olympe
Olympe was an ancient city located in the territory of the Amantes, between northern Epirus and southern Illyria in classical antiquity. It is located in modern day Mavrovë, Vlorë…
Oricum Archaeological Park
Oricum Archaeological Park preserves an ancient Illyrian harbor that evolved into a Greek polis at the south end of the Bay of Vlorë, located at the foot of the Akrokeraunian…
Castle/palace in Albania (4)
Fortress Lezhë
4th-century BC Illyrian fortification later expanded under Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman rule. The castle sits at 322 m elevation, dominating Lezhe in northern Albania with its…
Peqin Castle
The Peqin Castle is a ruined Ottoman Turkish castle in Peqin, Albania. The foundations of the castle are thought to date from the Roman period, the time of the construction of the…
Pogradec Castle
Pogradec Castle is a ruined fortress perched 205 metres above Lake Ohrid in eastern Albania. Residents descended to settle closer to the lake's shores.
Rozafa Castle
Rozafa Castle or Shkodër Castle is a castle in the city of Shkodër, in northwestern Albania. It rises imposingly on a rocky hill, 130 metres above sea level, surrounded by the…
Amphitheatre in Albania (1)
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Fortification in Albania (1)
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