Part of the Heritage Trail
Kalaja e Kastërcit
About this place
A rocky, steep hill above the village of Kastërc. Excavations uncovered an early Christian church and finds such as iron tools, ceramics, jewellery and coins.
History & background
First settled in the Eneolithic, fortified in the Bronze Age, rebuilt as a fortress in the time of Emperor Justinian and later used as a medieval cemetery. Excavated in 1985–86 and again in 2010–2011; protected as an archaeological reserve.
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