EUR20m for archaeology in Macedonia

Balkan Traveller has a short piece on archaeological work in Macedonia. Work at the sites of Heraklea Lynkestis, Skopje’s Kale Fortress, Stobi and Isar has started thanks to EUR20m from the Macedonian government:

Research teams, led by Professor Dragi Mitrevski, also began work at Skopje’s Kale Fortress, situated on a hill above the capital. Today’s remains date to the sixth century, when Byzantines used stone blocks from the destroyed city of Skupi nearby to construct it. After the 1963 earthquake, Kale’s circular, rectangular and square towers were conserved and restored.

Full story here. More on Kale Fortress, also called Skopje Fortress, here.