{"id":6755,"date":"2026-04-14T00:09:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/11\/the-amphitheater-of-durres-was-discovered\/---5f430a5a-485c-441b-80cf-fe34815bce76"},"modified":"2026-04-14T00:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:09:31","slug":"the-amphitheater-of-durres-was-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/2023\/10\/11\/the-amphitheater-of-durres-was-discovered\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amphitheater of Durr\u00ebs was discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On April 14, 1966<\/strong>, the Amphitheater of Durr\u00ebs was discovered, built in the last decades of the 1st century AD. The Roman occupation interrupted for a time the normal economic, political and cultural lifestyle of Illyria. Thus, large number of cities disappeared, especially in Epirus, while other cities were restricted. However, Dyrrachium and Apollonia, being situated at key road junctions, continued to develop. At the beginning of the new era they changed their appearance. New architectural forms were created using building materials with brick and mortar structures, such as amphitheaters, only witnessed so far in Dyrrachium. The amphitheater of Durr\u00ebs is the largest monument of antiquity with a length of 150 m and a height of over 20 m. The city of Dyrrah, turned into a roman colony, became the main economic center of Illyria. <i>(In the photo: Moment during the works at the Amphitheater of Durr\u00ebs, 1966.)<\/i>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text: <\/strong>Vangjel To\u00e7i, <i>Dyrrah Amphitheater <\/i>, 1971, &#8220;Monuments&#8221;, no. 2, pp. 39\u201340.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo: <\/strong>\u00a9 Xhoxhi L., personal archive&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graphic processing: <\/strong>AHCF&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 14, 1966, the Amphitheater of Durr\u00ebs was discovered, built in the last decades of the 1st century AD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ngjarje"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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