Ulpiana Archaeological Park
Roman and early Byzantine city in Dardania, with walls, gates, basilicas and a bath complex.
Ulpiana lies in the Gracanica plain about ten kilometres south-east of Pristina, on the road that linked the mining districts of Dardania to the Roman province of Macedonia. It was raised to the rank of municipium early in the second century under Trajan, whose family name it carries, and grew rich on the silver and lead worked in the nearby hills. Damaged by the earthquake of 518, it was rebuilt under Justinian and is thought to be the city his inscriptions call Justiniana Secunda.
Work on the site has gone on since the 1950s and has quickened in recent years with international teams. Visitors can follow stretches of the city wall and its towers, the northern and southern gates, a colonnaded street, thermal baths and a Christian memorial basilica with a baptistery; an episcopal basilica was uncovered in 2022. Necropolises with carved sarcophagi lie outside the walls, and finds from the site are displayed in the National Museum of Kosovo in Pristina.
Highlights
- City walls, towers and the monumental northern gate
- Memorial basilica and baptistery of the early Christian city
- Episcopal basilica uncovered during excavations from 2022
- Roman baths and necropolises with carved sarcophagi
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