Archaeological Sites in North Macedonia
Ancient Theatre of Ohrid
Built in 200 BC, the Ancient Theatre of Ohrid is the only Hellenistic-type theatre surviving in North Macedonia [1]. Carved into the hillside overlooking Lake Ohrid, it dates to the late 3rd or early…
Bargala
Bargala is an archaeological site in the Bregalnica River valley on the northern slopes of Plačkovica Mountain, 15.5 km east of Štip in North Macedonia [1]. The settlement, with a Thracian-derived…
Bylazora
Bylazora was the largest and most significant city of Paeonia, located near the village of Knezhje in the municipality of Sveti Nikole, North Macedonia. Mentioned by ancient historians Polybius and…
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 periods, built with…
Cocev Kamen
Cocev Kamen (Macedonian: Цоцев Камен) is a hilltop cave site of volcanic origin near Kratovo in north-eastern North Macedonia. Objects discovered near the cave suggest human presence since the…
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 century AD as part…
Estipeon
Estipeon (ancient Astibus) was a Paeonian settlement in the area of modern Stip, North Macedonia. The name Astibos first appears in accounts by ancient chronicler Polyaenus, who recorded that…
Golem Grad
Golem Grad (Macedonian: Голем Грad), meaning "Big City," is a 20-hectare island in Lake Prespa, located near the Greek and Albanian borders in North Macedonia. [1] The site contains ancient ruins and…
Heraclea Lyncestis
Heraclea Lyncestis was an ancient Greek city in Macedon, later under Roman rule[1]. Its ruins lie 2 km south of present-day Bitola in North Macedonia[1]. In the early Christian period, the city…
Idomenae
An ancient Macedonian town now identified with the archaeological site of Isar near the village of Marvinci in the Valandovo municipality of North Macedonia. Inhabited from the 7th century BC to the…
Isar, Marvinci
Isar is a fortified hilltop settlement near Marvinci village in the Valandovo valley, occupied continuously from the Iron Age (7th c. BC) through Late Antiquity (6th c. AD). Identified as the ancient…
Kokino Megalithic Observatory
Kokino is a Bronze Age archaeo-astronomical site in North Macedonia, approximately 30 km from Kumanovo at an elevation of 1,013 meters. Discovered by archaeologist Jovica Stankovski in 2001, the site…
Ohrid
Ohrid, known in antiquity as Lychnidos, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in Europe, located on the shores of Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia. The city served as an important stop…
Scupi
Scupi is an ancient Roman city located 3 km north of modern Skopje, North Macedonia, established as a legionary camp in the late 1st century BC on the site of an older Dardanian settlement. It…
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 survive, featuring 55…
Stobi
Stobi was an ancient Paeonian city strategically positioned where the Erigon (Crna River) meets the Axios (Vardar), on the vital trade route linking the Danube to the Aegean Sea[1]. Conquered by…
Tauresium
Tauresium (modern Gradiste) is an archaeological site near the village of Taor, approximately 20 km southeast of Skopje, North Macedonia. It is the birthplace of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (c. 482…
Trebeništa
Trebeništa is an Iron Age necropolis in southeast Illyria, located near Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia. [1] The burial complex is associated with the ancient town of Lychnidos and is attributed to the…
Tumba Madžari
Tumba Madžari (6000–4300 BC) is the most significant Neolithic settlement in the Skopje valley, located in north-eastern Skopje, North Macedonia[1]. Discovered in 1961/62 during archaeological trial…
Vardarski Rid
Vardarski Rid (also known as Gordynia) is an archaeological site in Gevgelija, North Macedonia, featuring the remains of an ancient city from the Early Antiquity period (500 BC – 1 AD) [1].…
Veluška Tumba
Veluska Tumba is a Neolithic settlement mound near the village of Porodin in the Pelagonia valley, North Macedonia, close to Bitola. The site is the type-location for the Velushka-Porodin cultural…
Via Egnatia
(2nd c. BC) The Via Egnatia was a road constructed by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. It crossed Illyricum, Macedonia, and Thracia, running through territory that is now part of modern Albania,…
Via Egnatia
Via Egnatia was a major Roman road built in the 2nd century BC, stretching approximately 1,120 km from the Adriatic coast near modern Durres in Albania to the Bosphorus at Constantinople (Istanbul).…