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Mosaic of Tirana (Mozaiku i Tiranes)

The Mosaic of Tirana is the only archeological monument within the territory of the city of Tirana. In 1972, while working on the construction of the blocks of ‘Partizani’ block in the neighborhood no. 9 of the city of Tirana, the ruins of an antique building were discovered, one of whose premises was paved with mosaics.

According to the authors, we are dealing with a village center of the first centuries AD since the beginning of the century. III was replaced by a rural rustic villa.
The excavated part of the monument was surrounded and protected by the Institute of Monuments of Culture (IMK). During the years 2003-2004, the works of systemisation of different roads and installations of the ‘Partizani’ block revealed the monument to the other parts of the complex. Recent excavations reinforced the view that we are dealing with a peasant villa, while no evidence of transformation in the Paleochristian basilica was found, backed by the first germination authors of the 1970s. Conventionally, the archeological site is named and known as the ‘Mosaic of Tirana’.

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