Archaeologists to Reconstruct Ancient Buildings around Macedonia
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Ancient gates, baths and palaces will regain the look they had in the past. Structures on which there is sufficient data will be rebuilt, Pasko Kuzman, head of the Office, told the Dnevnik newspaper.
One of them is the entrance of Bargala, near the town of Štip in eastern Macedonia. The fortified town was constructed between the fourth and sixth centuries, between Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium. Earlier archaeological excavations of the site unearthed a basilica, trade quarters, a water tank, a bath, and a fortification system with an impressive main gate and infrastructure.
Another reconstruction in the area is of the medieval fortress of Isar in Štip.
A reconstruction is also planned of the collector’s house and the stoa – a walkway with a roof supported by colonnades, of the early Antiquity town of Vardarski Rid, located near Gevgelija in south-eastern Macedonia.
In the Roman city of Stobi, near the town of Veles in central Macedonia, the Heraklea Gate will be reconstructed and – according to Kuzman, when people enter through it, they will have the feeling of entering Pompeii. The theatre at the site (in the photograph above) could be fully functional, as there is sufficient material for its rebuilding.
Other reconstructions will be carried out at the Heraklea Lynkestis ancient town in south-western Macedonia, which dates to the fourth century BC and the Late Roman thermal spa in Banja Bansko near the town of Strumica in the south-eastern part of the country, which dates to the mid-third century.
“There are different ways to conserve, restore and rebuild a site,” Kuzan told the publication, adding that, “The new building in all cases will be different than the old one. In this way, the site can be presented fully – in all its times and phases.”
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