Antigonia (Chaonia)

Antigoneia (Greek Αντιγόνεια; Albanian Antigoneja or Antigona ) was an ancient city located in the Epirus landscape Chaonia and is now an archaeological site in southern Albania. It lies on the slope of Lunxhëria - mountain ridge near the village Saraqinishta to around 600 meters high above the valley of the river Drinos and across the river is located ligand city of Gjirokastra, which is slightly more than six kilometers in a straight line.

The place was already inhabited by the Illyrians, as the king of Epirus Pyrrhus ( 319-272 BC) founded the new city and named after his beloved Antigone. After the conquest by the Romans in 167 BC, the city was burned and never rebuilt.

The historic ruins stand as an archaeological park under the protection of the government of Albania. The excavated ruins are remains of the Acropolis, the four -kilometer-long city wall, building the Agora, Basilicas and a few houses.