Council façade
Columns standing.
Wolfgang Sauber — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Carole Raddato — CC BY-SA 2.0 · Carole Raddato — CC BY-SA 2.0 · Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany — CC BY-SA 2.0 · Carole Raddato — CC BY-SA 2.0 · Xixa — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pero Kvrzica — CC BY 2.0
A Greek trading colony founded around 600 BC by settlers from Corinth on the right bank of the Vjosë river, about ten kilometres from the Adriatic coast, which grew into an independent city and then a thriving Roman one. Its ruins lie on a green hill among olive trees near the village of Pojan in the Fier area, one of the most beautiful archaeological sites in Albania, with open views over the countryside. Its best-known monuments are the columned façade of the city council building, the small odeon, the theatre, the public fountain fed by underground springs, the city walls and remains of a library and temples along the sacred way, while a Byzantine monastery on site houses an archaeological museum. Tickets are about 400 to 600 lek, per visitor guides, after the 2025 price changes. Allow an hour and a half; there is little shade in summer, so come in the morning or late in the day.
Columns standing.
And theatre.
And museum.
Near Pojan village, Fier, about 35 km north of Vlorë
Near Pojan village in the Fier area, about 35 km north of Vlorë, an easy drive from Vlorë or Berat.