Tauresium

Skopje Valley with its wide plain and surrounding hills has always been attractive to settlers. Even though the area is not large by modern standards, in olden days it maintained many independent villages, towns, and castra (Roman camps), of which Skupi is the most famous. To the east of Skupi there were other settlements, and there were also several medieval towns around Vodno and Skopska Crna Gora Mountains. Among them are the ancient town of Tauresium and Baderiana castle, which were not less famous than Scupi in their heyday, but have since been forgotten and today are hardly known to visitors and tourists. Read more…