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Koviljkin grad or Koviljka is a name for archaeological ruins close to
Banja Koviljača Banja Koviljača ( sr-cyrl, Бања Ковиљача, ) is a popular tourist spot and spa town located in the city of Loznica, Serbia. Situated on the west border of Serbia by the Drina River and from Belgrade, it is the oldest spa town in Serb ...
in the
Loznica Loznica ( sr-cyrl, Лозница, ) is a city located in the Mačva District of western Serbia. It lies on the right bank of the Drina river. In 2011 the city had a total population of 19,572, while the administrative area had a population of 79, ...
district of western
Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hung ...
. The ruins are of a Roman town, which may have been named Gensis; the name has never been confirmed. It is located on the top of a hill, and the remains of the walls spread about 150 metres around it. At the time of the Roman Empire, the river
Drina The Drina ( sr-Cyrl, Дрина, ) is a long Balkans river, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps wh ...
flowed underneath this settlement, and it is believed that there was a Roman river harbour. The site has not been completely explored by archaeologists.


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File:Roman stones at Town of Koviljka.JPG, Roman stones File:One of the rooms in the Town of Koviljka.JPG, One of the rooms in the Town of Koviljka File:One of the rooms in the Town of Koviljka close up.JPG, One of the rooms, close up File:Carved stone near Town of Koviljka.JPG, Carved stone near the town


See also

* Vidin Grad * Trojanov Grad *
Gensis (vicus) Gensis was the Roman settlement vicus in Moesia Superior, now central Serbia, on Cer mountain near Lešnica. Tabula Peutingeriana It is recorded in the Tabula Peutingeriana as situated XXX m.p. south of Sirmium, on via Argentaria, a road leading ...
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Museum in Loznica #REDIRECT Jadar Museum Museum in Loznica Museums in Serbia Museum in Loznica Museums established in 1987 Museum in Loznica ...


References

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Aleksandar Deroko Aleksandar Deroko ( sr-cyr, Александар Дероко; 4 September 1894 – 30 November 1988) was a Serbian architect, artist, and author. He was a professor of the Belgrade University and a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Ar ...
, "Medieval cities in Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, Belgrade, 1950. * Slobodan Dušanič, "Roman Mining in Illyricum – Historical Aspects" *
Massimiliano Pavan Massimiliano Pavan (30 August 1920, in Venice – 17 January 1991, in Padua) was an Italian historian, who served as director of the ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' for the Treccani Institute. A graduate of the University of Padua along ...
, "From the Adriatic to the Danube"
Padova Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
, 1991. Loznica Archaeological sites in Serbia Roman sites in Serbia Roman towns and cities in Serbia Ruins in Serbia {{Serbia-hist-stub