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Viciano ( la, Vicianum - Veclanum) or Station Viciano was a Roman road station ( mansio type) of unclear location, somewhere in Kosovo field.
History
Viciana was a stopping place for caravans that travelled the Lissus–Naissus route, one of the most important Roman roads. The route started from Lezha (Lissus) on theAdriatic coast
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, went through the Drin river valley, crossed through Dardania, and continued to Niš
Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, whil ...
(Naissus).
The location is undetermined. It has been theorized to have been somewhere in the Kosovo field, in the vicinity of Vushtrri (Vučitrn) or Zvečan (J. Dragašević), the village of Čaglavica (Z. Mirdita).
Viciano as a road station is recorded in the Tabula Peuntingeriana map, a medieval (15th century) map and copy of a 3rd-century Roman map showing this same itinerary. The road once passed near the ancient center of Municipium Ulpiana which connected it to other Roman towns, particularly mining centers rich in precious minerals.Milot Berisha, ''Kosovo Archaeological Guide'',Prishtinë, Kosovo Archaeological Institute and Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, 2012, Pg.72.
See also
*List of monuments in Vushtrri This is an incomplete list of monuments in Vushtrri municipality:
Cultural monuments
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References
Sources
*Further reading
*Exhlale Dobruna-Salihu, «Problem of the location of the station Viciano», Materijali arheoloskog dru$tva Jugoslavije, xvii, 1978 ubl. 1980 pp. 163–167. 15529. *Zef Mirdita, «Probleme de la reconstruction du tracé de la route Vicianum-Gabu- ... {{coord, 42.822222, N, 20.969444, E, display=title Dardanians Illyrian Kosovo Archaeology of Illyria Moesia Archaeology of Kosovo Dardania (Roman province) Roman towns and cities in Kosovo Archaeological sites in Kosovo