Archaeological Sites in North Macedonia

City/town/settlement in North Macedonia (15)

Bargala

Bargala

Bargala is an archaeological site in Karbinci Municipality, North Macedonia, 15.5 km east of the city of Štip. It is situated in a river valley on the lower slope of the north…

City/town/settlement · 1 - 500 AD
Bylazora

Bylazora

Bylazora or Vilazora was a Paeonian city from the period of early classic antiquity. Bylazora is also mentioned by Livy in his "The History of Rome" when Perseus in 168 BC…

City/town/settlement · 1500 - 500 BC

Cerje, Skopje

Cerje is a Neolithic archaeological site located near the village of Govrlevo, south of Skopje, North Macedonia. Excavations uncovered houses from the Early and Middle Neolithic…

City/town/settlement · < 4500 BC
Estipeon

Estipeon

Estipeon (ancient Astibus) was a Paeonian settlement in the area of modern Stip, North Macedonia. During Emperor Tiberius's reign (14-37 AD), Estipeon is mentioned as an important…

City/town/settlement · 1 - 500 AD
Golem Grad

Golem Grad

Golem Grad, meaning Big City/Town, also known as Snake Island or Pelican Island, is an island in North Macedonia. Golem Grad is home to several ancient ruins and churches. The…

City/town/settlement · 500 BC - 1 AD
Heraclea Lyncestis

Heraclea Lyncestis

Heraclea Lyncestis, also transliterated Herakleia Lynkestis, was an ancient Greek city in Macedon, ruled later by the Romans. Its ruins are situated 2 km south of the present-day…

City/town/settlement · 500 BC - 1 AD
Idomenae

Idomenae

Idomenae or Idomenai (Ancient Greek: Ἰδομεναί, possibly from Ἰδομενεύς - Idomeneus), also known as Eidomene or Idomene, or Eidomenae or Eidomenai, or Idomenia, was a town of…

City/town/settlement · 1500 - 500 BC
Isar, Marvinci

Isar, Marvinci

Isar is an archaeological site located in Marvinci, a village situated in the south-eastern areas of North Macedonia. It is only 18.6 kilometres north of the town of Gevgelija.…

City/town/settlement · 1500 - 500 BC
Ohrid

Ohrid

Ohrid, known in antiquity as Lychnidos, is one of the oldest settlements in Europe, located on the shores of Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage…

City/town/settlement · 500 BC - 1 AD
Scupi

Scupi

Scupi is an archaeological site located between Zajčev Rid and the Vardar River, several kilometers from the center of modern Skopje in North Macedonia. A Roman town was founded…

City/town/settlement · 1500 - 500 BC
Stobi

Stobi

Stobi or Stoboi, was an ancient town of Paeonia, later conquered by Macedon, and finally turned into the capital of the Roman province of Macedonia Salutaris. It is located near…

City/town/settlement · 1500 - 500 BC
Tauresium

Tauresium

Tauresium, today known as Gradište, is an archaeological site in North Macedonia near the village of Taor. Tauresium in Dardania was the birthplace of Byzantine Emperor Justinian…

City/town/settlement · 1 - 500 AD
Tumba Madžari

Tumba Madžari

Tumba Madžari (6000–4300 BC) is the most significant Neolithic settlement in the Skopje valley, located in north-eastern Skopje, North Macedonia. Discovered in 1961/62 during…

City/town/settlement · < 4500 BC
Vardarski Rid

Vardarski Rid

Vardarski Rid also known as Gordynia is an archaeological site in Gevgelija, North Macedonia of a town dating from Early Antiquity. Archaeological excavations reveal the…

City/town/settlement · 1500 - 500 BC
Veluška Tumba

Veluška Tumba

Veluška Tumba is an ancient settlement from Neolithic times, near the village of Porodin in the Republic of Macedonia, close to Bitola. The site is an artificially raised mound…

City/town/settlement · < 4500 BC

Cave Structures in North Macedonia (1)

Cocev Kamen

Cocev Kamen

Cocev Kamen (Macedonian: Цоцев Камен) is a hilltop cave site of volcanic origin near Kratovo in north-eastern North Macedonia. Several caves and rock shelters are decorated with…

Cave Structures · 4500 - 3000 BC

Fortification in North Macedonia (1)

Dolno Gradište

Dolno Gradište

Dolno Gradiste is a Late Roman fortified settlement on a prominent hill between the gorges of the Mala and Golema rivers near Kocani, North Macedonia. Built in the late 3rd to 4th…

Fortification · Undated

Megalithic structures in North Macedonia (1)

Kokino Megalithic Observatory

Kokino Megalithic Observatory

Kokino is a Bronze Age archaeo-astronomical site in North Macedonia at an elevation of 1,013 meters. Discovered by archaeologist Jovica Stankovski in 2001, the site dates to…

Megalithic structures · 3000 - 1500 BC

Necropolis/tombs complex in North Macedonia (1)

Trebeništa

Trebeništa

The site is located near Trebeništa in modern-day North Macedonia. It is believed that the necropolis was used by the people from the nearby Illyrian town of Lychnidos. The…

Necropolis/tombs complex · 1500 - 500 BC

Reservoir/aqueduct/canal in North Macedonia (1)

Skopje Aqueduct

Skopje Aqueduct

The Skopje Aqueduct is the only aqueduct in North Macedonia, located in the Vizbegovo neighbourhood 2 km northwest of central Skopje. Approximately 388 metres of the structure…

Reservoir/aqueduct/canal · Undated

Road/avenue/trackway in North Macedonia (1)

Via Egnatia

Via Egnatia

The Via Egnatia was constructed in order to link a chain of Roman colonies stretching from the Adriatic Sea to the Bosphorus. The termini of the Via Egnatia and the Via Appia,…

Road/avenue/trackway · 500 BC - 1 AD

Theatre in North Macedonia (1)

Ancient Theatre of Ohrid

Ancient Theatre of Ohrid

Built in 200 BC, the Ancient Theatre of Ohrid is the only Hellenistic-type theatre surviving in North Macedonia. It dates to the late 3rd or early 2nd century BC during the late…

Theatre · 500 BC - 1 AD

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