Albania, Apollonia (Illyria) archaiological site (part 1), Monument of Agonothetes
Albania, Fier district, the archaeological site of Apollonia (Illyria), where there is an ancient city of the ancient Greek Corinthians, constructed with the Hippodamian system of planning (rectangular formation based on a plan and with vertical streets, usually outside the Acropolis, there are three centers, the religious one, a political and administrative one, and the commercial one. Hippodamus of Miletus is considered to be the” father of the European urban planning”). Nearby there is an exceptional archaeological museum, which is housed in the cells of the monastery of St. Mary (14th c.) and its inhabited places.
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Location: Albania, Fier, Apollonia
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