Apollonia (Illyria)
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Apollonia was an Ancient Greek trade colony which developed into an independent polis, and later a Roman city, in southern Illyria. It was located on the right bank of the Aoös/Vjosë river, approximat
The Monument of Agonothetes, built in the 2nd century BC and used as the municipal council building in the Roman era
A 4th-3rd century BC silver stater from Apollonia bearing the inscription ΑΠΟΛ.
Apollonia was strategically located at the beginning of one of the two starting branches of the Via Egnatia in Illyria. Retracing a prehistoric trade route that linked the eastern Adriatic coast with eastern Thrace, the road permitted overland travel elsewhere in the region, and it was the principal land route from Rome to the east.
Athena of the Vescovali-Arezzo type from the 2nd century AD
Byllis
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Byllis or Bullis or Boullis was an ancient city and the chief settlement of the Illyrian tribe of the Bylliones, traditionally located in southern Illyria. In Hellenistic times the city was either par
Ruins of Bylis
Image of the ancient site of Byllis and the river Vjosa in the distance.
Remains of the Basilica
Episcopal building