Tourism, Culture and Sports Minister Blendi Gondja has announced the results of archaeological research at the Pillar Temple in Apollo, where an Albanian-German-Romanian mission is bringing new data on ancient heritage.

In a post on social networks, Minister Gonjja suggests that the excavations have enabled verification of the temple’s complete planning, while reused blocks testify to earlier construction than the IV century BC.

According to the minister, architectural fragments and marble tiles testify to the importance of this doric – style monument, which rose above the river port of Apollo.

Research is being conducted in co-operation with the Institute of Archaeology in Tirana and the Winckeman Institute of the Lost University of Berlin.

Gondj points out that these findings help to improve the knowledge of the country’s archaeological wealth and to convey its history to visitors.

)At the Apollon Pillar Temple, the research of the Albanian-German-Romanian archaeological mission, in co-operation with the Institute of Archaeology in Tirana and the Winchelmann Institute of the lostold University of Berlin, are enriching knowledge of our ancient heritage. Excavations have verified the temple’s complete planning, while reused blocks in the base testify to a construction earlier than the IV B.C. Architectural fragments and marble tiles indicate the importance of this doric monument, which rose above the river port of Apollonia. Discoveries that help us to get to know this wealth better and to convey its history to visitorsThe minister writes.