Via Egnatia Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Historic Roman road in the Balkans passing through Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria,Turkey
About Via Egnatia
The Via Egnatia was a Roman road that ran as an eastern continuation of theVia AppiabetweenRomeandIstanbul(Constantinople, Byzantium), the two great metropolises of the lateRoman Empire. Built between 146 and 120 BC, the army road was named after Gnaeus Egnatius, proconsul of Macedonia. He had commissioned the construction. In places, Macedonian royal roads were included in the construction. The ancient road ran through today's Albania,North Macedonia, Greece and Turkey. The starting point wasDurrëson the Albanian Adriatic. A southern branch began inApollonia(at today'sFier), which was also an important port city at the time. In the valley of the Shkumbin, the two branches first came together again. In the area of Lake Ohrid, there were again two routes that met nearHeraclea Lynchestis(now
Top Attractions in Via Egnatia
Explore the best things to see and do in Via Egnatia:
- ★Abdera
- ★Akondisma
- ★Amphipolis
- ★Anastasiopolis
- ★Aprus
- ★Asprovalta castle ruin
- ★Bitola
- ★Caenophrurium
Via Egnatia Travel Guide Sections
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