JUSTINIANA PRIMA The city of Justiniana Prima lies on the gentle slopes that stretch from the mountain of Radan to the Leskovac high valley, in a place that’s not on the main transport routes. Surrounded by walls, its core consists of three parts: the Acropolis and the Upper and the Lower towns. A basilica and archbishop’s pal- ace were built on the Acropolis, which was the first to be built. Behind the church is a large swimming pool carved in stone, to which an aqueduct led from Petrova Gora. Below this complex is a circular forum on which a monumental gilded statue of Justinian was mounted. The fortified city covers a length of over 500 metres, while the urban core con- sisted of the Acropolis and Upper and the Lower towns, which are connected by a wide substructure and monuments in the nearer and further surroundings. This imperial city represents an excep- tional monument to ancient urbanism and architecture. The remains of basil- icas and aqueducts, as well as streets with colonnades, make the Roman city of Justiniana Prima one of the most in- teresting ancient sites in the Balkans. The city itself, which is characterised by a rich heritage of antique and Christian architecture, was built by Emperor Jus- tinian I in the 6 th century. This spot is an ideal place to end the story of the Ro- man emperors, because it is both the southernmost and the last landmark to be constructed in the period when the Romans ruled these lands.
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Justinijana Prima Grad Justinijana Prima leži na blagim padinama od planine Radan ka le- skovačkoj kotlini, na mestu van glav- nih putnih tokova. Opasan je zidi- nama, a jezgro je sačinjeno od tri celine: Akropolja, Gornjeg i Donjeg grada. Na Akropolju, koji je prvi sa- građen, podignuti su bazilika i arhie- piskopska palata. Iza crkve je veliki bazen uklesan u kamenu, do kojeg je vodio akvadukt sa Petrove gore. Is- pod ovog kompleksa je kružni forum na kojem je bio postavljen monume- talni pozlaćeni kip Justinijana. Utvrđeni grad dug je više od 500 metara, dok su urbano jezgro čini- li Akropolj, Gornji i Donji grad, na ko- je se nadovezuju široko podgrađe i spomenici u bližoj i daljoj okolini. Ca- ričin grad predstavlja vanredan spo- menik antičkog urbanizma i arhitek- ture. Ostaci bazilika i akvadukta, kao i ulica s kolonadama, čine rimski grad Justinijana Prima jednim od najzani- mljivijih antičkih lokaliteta na Balka- nu. Grad koji karakteriše bogato na- sleđe antičke i hrišćanske arhitekture izgradio je imperator Justinijan Prvi u
6. veku. Ovo mesto idealno da se završi priča o rimskim ca- revima jer je u isto vreme i najjužnija i najkasnije izgrađena
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Car Justinijan Prvi, koji je potekao sa prostora juga Srbije, odlučio je da u rodnom kraju podigne grad koji će veličati njegovo ime / Emperor Justinian I, who originated in the area today occupied by the south of Serbia, decided to build the city that would glorify his name in his homeland
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