The archaeological map of the Shkodër region will soon include a new site, clear zoning, and management regulations for Zone A.

This concerns the ancient city in Bushat. Excavations began in 2018 by the Albanian-Polish research mission, led by Piotr Dyczek and Saimir Shpuza. They continue to reveal new traces and data on the Illyrian city.

The campaigns uncovered two city gates and clarified the city’s extent. Recent excavations focus on the upper city to study its internal organization and urban layout.

The mission shows that this part of the upper city was built massively as early as the mid-4th century BCE, according to preliminary dating.

Thanks to cooperation with IKTK, DRTK Shkodër, and the research mission, field surveys have been completed. Zoning has been defined to protect and manage this high-potential archaeological area according to legal frameworks.

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