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DURRËS ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

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Rruga Taulantia, Durrës, Albania
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2024
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2024

Still suffering from the great looting of 1997. But fine collections of Aphrodite statuettes, ancient coins, etc.

Created in 1951, this museum (Muzeu Arkeologjik i Durrësit) was damaged and looted during the civil war of 1997. Since 2010, efforts to restore its prestige have begun to bear fruit, with new discoveries enriching the collections. The first floor houses the halls of the Greek and Roman periods. The second floor features objects from the Middle Ages. Particularly noteworthy are the countless terracotta votive figurines dating from the 4th to 2nd centuries B.C. They were discovered northwest of the city, on the Daüte hill, in the 1970s. Most are representations of Aphrodite. Although no temple dedicated to the Greek goddess of love has yet been unearthed, it seems that her cult was particularly developed here. Another highlight is the numismatic collection. The city began issuing its own coins in the 4th century BC, when it broke free from the yoke of Corinth. Until then called Epidamnos (Επίδαμνος), it changed its name to Dyrrhachion (Δυρράχιον). The abbreviation "ΔΥΡ" (DYR) then appeared on coins. This abbreviation lasted through the Roman period, the name of the city being simply Latinized as Dyrrachium and the Greek alphabet retained. Almost all also bear the town's symbol: a cow suckling a kneeling calf. The Roman period is also well represented: milestones from the via Egnatia, steles, fragments of a fresco from a private bath, etc.


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Necurat
Visited in july 2017
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Après une importante campagne de travaux, le musée archéologique de Dürres a fait peau neuve (bonne muséographie, pas trop lourde) pour présenter des collections assez riches et originales qui détonnent un peu de ce que j'avais l'habitude de voir. De nombreux panneaux explicatifs permettent une bonne compréhension de l'ensemble des collections.
Un jardin permet de découvrir quelques blocs ornementaux assez intéressants pour qui s'y connait un peu.
Accueil très sympathique. Il y est cependant interdit d'y faire des photos (ce que j'ai respecté).
KriKrix
Visited in may 2016
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situé en centre ville pas la peine de se déplacer en bus , petit amphithéâtre avec des couloirs souterrains avec un peu d insistance et 100 leke de plus vous pourriez les voir et meme les enfants rentreront gratuit mais vu le plis d entrée ca vaut le coup cette petite visite

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