Archaeological Sites in Serbia
City/town/settlement in Serbia (37)
Acumincum
Acumincum was an ancient Roman settlement, located in the present day town of Stari Slankamen, Serbia. In the 3rd century BC, the area was inhabited by Celtic Scordisci. The name…
Aiadava
The Roman fortification featured an irregular rectangular plan with polygonal towers. Within its walls, archaeologists found a civil basilica with semicircular apse; outside lay a…
Banoštor
Following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans in 279 BC, Celtic tribes settled throughout Serbia, their settlement at Banoštor was called Malata. It was later conquered by the…
Bassianae
Bassianae or Bassiana was an important ancient Roman town in Pannonia. It was located near present-day Donji Petrovci. Bassianae was the second largest town in Syrmia, after…
Bela Palanka
The name Bela Palanka means 'white town'. The town was originally settled by the Dacians and was known under the ancient name of Aiadava or Aeadaba. After the Romans conquered…
Blaškovina Archaeological Site
Blaškovina is an archaeological site located in the village of Visibaba in the municipality of Požega, western Serbia. The site is inscribed on the Cultural Heritage of Serbia…
Crkvine, Stubline
Crkvine is a Neolithic locality and an archaeological site in the village of Stubline in the municipality of Obrenovac. The Neolithic settlement is dated to the 5th millennium BC…
Čurug
Čurug is one of the oldest settlements in Vojvodina, inhabited since the Neolithic period. The multi-layered Stari Vinogradi archaeological site nearby has yielded over 950…
Gradište Archaeological Site, Iđoš
Gradište is a prehistoric archaeological site near Iđoš village in northern Serbia, featuring remnants of a Neolithic settlement dating to before 4500 BC. The site, located in the…
Hisar Hill
The Hisar is a 341-metre-tall (1,119 ft) hill near Leskovac in southern Serbia, serving as the town's symbol. It features the remains of a large, fortified Bronze Age settlement…
Kalakača Archaeological Site, Beška
Kalakača is an archaeological site near Beška village in Syrmia, Serbia, dating to 1500–500 BC (Bronze Age to Iron Age). The site contains settlement remains from this period,…
Kale-Krševica
Kale-Krševica is an archaeological site in southern Serbia, dating to the Late Classical and Early Hellenistic periods (roughly 500 BC–1 AD). It holds the remains of the…
Karaburma
A major Celtic archaeological site in Belgrade, Serbia, where necropolises of the Scordisci tribe were discovered. Over 100 La Tene culture graves have been excavated, containing…
Koviljkin grad
Koviljkin grad or Koviljka is a name for archaeological ruins close to Banja Koviljača in the Loznica district of western Serbia. The ruins are of a Roman town, which may have…
Lepenski Vir
Lepenski Vir is an important archaeological site of the Lepenski Vir culture. The latest radiocarbon and AMS data suggests that the chronology of Lepenski Vir spans between…
Margus - City
Ancient Roman city of Margus situated on the right bank of the Great Morava River near its confluence with the Danube, in the Roman province of Moesia Superior. In late antiquity,…
Medvednjak
Medvednjak is an archaeological site in central Serbia, in Šumadija region, 3 km from center of Smederevska Palanka. The locality is situated in the village of Grčac. Just as the…
Mihailovac
Mihailovac is an archaeological site and settlement near Vrsac in the Vojvodina region of Serbia. The site dates from the 2nd century BC to the 1st century AD and is associated…
Niš
Serbia's third-largest city, known in antiquity as Naissus, first occupied by Roman troops in 75-72 BC on land previously inhabited by Thracian Dardanians. Its strategic position…
Petrovaradin
Human settlement in the territory of present-day Petrovaradin has been traced as far back as the Stone Age (about 4500 BC). This region was conquered by Celts (in the 4th century…
Pločnik - Archaeological Site
Pločnik (archaeological site) is located in Pločnik, Prokuplje village in the Toplica District of Serbia. A 120 hectare settlement belonging to the Neolithic Vinča culture existed…
Prokuplje
Prokuplje is one of the Roman sites of Serbia. Between 73 and 75 BC, after the Romans subjugated the tribes of the region, this part of Serbia became a part of the Roman province…
Ražanj
Razanj is a municipality in the Nisava District of southern Serbia, situated on the ancient Via Militaris, the Roman military highway. Known as Cametas in Roman times, the…
Remesiana
Remesiana was a Roman city located beneath modern Bela Palanka in southeastern Serbia. Positioned on the Via Militaris between Naissus and Serdica, it became a major early…
Singidunum
Singidunum was an ancient city which later evolved into modern Belgrade. Singidunum was the birthplace of the Roman Emperor Jovian. It was sacked by Huns in 441, and by Avars and…
Sirmium
Sirmium was a major Roman city located on the Sava river at modern Sremska Mitrovica in Vojvodina, Serbia. First mentioned in the 4th century BC, it was originally inhabited by…
Stapari
Stapari is a village in the Užice municipality of Serbia. In the 2002 census, the village had a population of 974.
Starčevo
Starcevo, located on the Danube's left bank near Pancevo in Serbia, is the type site of the Starcevo culture, representing one of Europe's earliest agricultural societies dating…
Stari Slankamen
Stari Slankamen is a village in the Inđija municipality, Syrmia District of Vojvodina, Serbia, situated across the mouth of the Tisa River where it meets the Danube.
Surčin
Surcin is a municipality in the eastern Syrmia region, 20 km west of Belgrade, with archaeological evidence spanning from the Stone Age through the Roman era. A Roman altar…
Svileuva
Svileuva is a Serbian village in the Koceljeva municipality of the Mačva District. The village counted 1,464 inhabitants in 2011. The Svileuva area is first mentioned by Roman…
Viminacium
Viminacium was a major city, military camp, and the capital of the Roman province of Moesia. The city dates back to the 1st century AD, and at its peak it is believed to have had…
Vinča-Belo Brdo
Vinča-Belo Brdo is a Neolithic-Chalcolithic archaeological site in Vinča, a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia. The tell of Belo Brdo ('White Hill') is a mound composed almost entirely of…
Vlajkovac
Vlajkovac is a village in the Vrsac municipality of Vojvodina, Serbia, notable for its circular earthwork with a diameter of approximately 300 metres, attributed to the Neolithic…
Zemun
The area of Zemun has been inhabited since the Neolithic period. Baden culture graves and ceramics like bowls and anthropomorphic urns were found in the town. The first Celtic…
Židovar
Židovar is an archaeological site near Vršac, Serbia. The settlement is renowned for the significant treasure discovered at the site.
Žitorađa
Zitoradja is a town and municipality in the Toplica District of southern Serbia whose origins trace to the 4th-century Eastern Roman (Byzantine) town of Ad Herculum. The…
Fortress/citadel in Serbia (7)
Belgrade Fortress
The Belgrade Fortress is a cultural monument in Belgrade, Serbia in the municipality of Stari Grad. It consists of the old citadel and Kalemegdan Park on the confluence of the…
Castellum Onagrinum Archaeological Site, Begeč
Castellum Onagrinum is a Roman military fortification on the left bank of the Danube in Begec, Serbia, built as a bridgehead opposite the fortress of Bononia (Banostor).…
Diana Fort
Diana Fort is a Roman fort located near Karataš hamlet, 8 km northwest of Kladovo in eastern Serbia. Situated on cliffs of the Đerdap gorge above the Danube, it occupied a…
Kaljaja, Teneš Do
Archaeological site on the hill Kaljaja in Tenes Do, municipality of Pristina, Kosovo. Remains of fortress walls, buildings, and bricks were uncovered at the site. A slag heap…
Pontes Fort
Pontes fort was an ancient Roman fort situated on the river Danube in the Roman province of Moesia and forming a key part of the Limes Moesiae frontier system. It is near the…
Timacum Minus
Timacum Minus is the oldest military fort in the Timok Valley, eastern Serbia. Timacum Minus and its counterpart Timacum Maius (near Svrljig) are located in the Timok river…
Trojanov Grad
Trojanov Grad (Town of Trajan) is a Roman fortress dating to the 3rd century AD, situated on Mount Cer in central Serbia. The stronghold was part of a defensive network connected…
Cave Structures in Serbia (5)
Balanica
Balanica is a cave complex, archaeological and palentological site in the City of Niš' municipality of Niška Banja in southeast Serbia. It consists of Velika Balanica and Mala…
Cave of Gabrovnica
The Cave of Gabrovnica near Knjazevac in eastern Serbia contains the only known prehistoric cave paintings in the country. Discovered in 1997 by researchers from the Belgrade…
Hadži-Prodan's Cave
The Hadži-Prodan's Cave is an archaeological site of the Paleolithic period and a national natural monument, located in the village Raščići around 7 km from Ivanjica in western…
Pešturina
Pešturina (Serbian: Пештурина) is a cave in the municipality of Niška Banja in southeast Serbia. It is located southwest of Jelašnica and 20 km southeast of Niš. Artifacts from…
Risovača Cave
Risovača Cave, (Serbian Cyrillic: Пећина Рисовача, romanized: Pećina Risovača) is situated at the very entrance of the town of Aranđelovac in central Serbia around 17 m above the…
Mine/quarry in Serbia (3)
Kosmaj
Kosmaj is a mountain south of Belgrade. In Roman period, Kosmaj was an important mining center, but today the mining activities ceased completely. Evidence suggests that the iron…
Rudna Glava
One of the earliest copper mines in Europe, dating to the 5th millennium BC in eastern Serbia. Excavations by Borislav Jovanovic (1968-1986) uncovered mine shafts following veins…
Tašmajdan Park
Tašmajdan Park, colloquially Tašmajdan or simply just Taš, is a public park and the surrounding urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Almost two millennia ago,…
Fort in Serbia (2)
Juhor
Juhor is a mountain in central Serbia, near the city of Paraćin. Its highest peak, Veliki Vetren, is at an elevation of 774 metres above sea level. Juhor borders the river Velika…
Taliata
Taliata was a Roman town and fort located near the present town of Donji Milanovac in eastern Serbia. It is included in the Tabula Peutingeriana. The fort of 134 × 126 m was built…
Fortification in Serbia (2)
Kaljaja, Balovac
Late antique fortification southeast of the village of Balovac in the municipality of Podujevo, Kosovo. The irregular trapezoid-shaped fortress was built of cut stone and brick…
Kraku Lu Jordan
Kraku Lu Jordan is a Roman-era archaeological settlement in eastern Serbia, situated at the confluence of the Brodica River into the Pek River near Kučevo. It represents the most…
Mound/tumulus in Serbia (2)
Palace in Serbia (2)
Gamzigrad
Late Roman fortified palace complex near Zajecar in eastern Serbia, built by Emperor Galerius beginning in 298 AD and named Felix Romuliana after his mother Romula. The UNESCO…
Vrelo Šarkamen
Roman residential and memorial complex at Vrelo Šarkamen in eastern Serbia, spanning 25 hectares on the slopes of Deli Jovan. Built during the tetrarchy in Dacia Ripensis, the…
Residence/villa/farmhouse in Serbia (2)
Bela Reka, Šabac
Bela Reka is a village in the Sabac municipality of western Serbia where significant Roman-era archaeological remains have been uncovered. Excavations revealed a villa rustica…
Mediana
Mediana is an important archeological site from the late Roman period, located in the eastern suburb of the Serbian city of Niš. It represents a luxurious residence with a highly…
Archaeological site in Serbia (1)
Church/cathedral in Serbia (1)
Earthwork in Serbia (1)
Other sites in Serbia (5)
Jadar Museum
The Jadar Museum (Muzej Jadra) is a history museum in Loznica, Serbia, opened on 14 September 1987, housed in the Old Pharmacy Building, a cultural monument of great importance.…
Roman Emperors Route
The Roman Emperors Route is a tourism and archaeology project in Serbia, a route spanning 600 km with several ancient Roman sites, among which are notable cities, estates and…
Roman Tomb, Brestovik
Roman tomb in Brestovik is an ancient tomb, dating from c. 300, which was discovered in 1895 in Brestovik, today a suburban village of Belgrade. The tomb is situated in the…
Trajan's Bridge
Via Militaris
Via Militaris (1st–5th c. AD) was a major ancient Roman road connecting Singidunum (modern Belgrade) with Constantinople (modern Istanbul). Starting at the Danube, it passed…
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