Tauresium
Tauresium, today known as Gradište, is an archaeological site in North Macedonia near the village of Taor. Tauresium in Dardania was the birthplace of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and King Theodahad of the Ostrogoths.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ancient city and site near Gradiste, North Macedonia
- Also known as: “Tauresion” and “Taurisium”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Katlanovo Swamp and Zelenikovo.
Zelenikovo
Railway station
Zelenikovo is a railway station, which is situated 3 km south of Tauresium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zelenikovo and Petrovec.
Zelenikovo
Village
Zelenikovo is a village in the municipality of Zelenikovo, North Macedonia. Zelenikovo is situated 2½ km southwest of Tauresium.
Petrovec
Village
Studenicani
Village
Studeničani is a village in North Macedonia. It is a seat of Studeničani municipality. Studenicani is situated 7 km west of Tauresium.
Tauresium
- Categories: ancient city, archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Zelenikovo, North Macedonia, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.90003° or 41° 54′ 0″ north
Longitude
21.61346° or 21° 36′ 49″ east
Elevation
273 metres (896 feet)
Open location code
8GH3WJ27+29
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Tauresium” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Tauresiumi”
- Arabic: “تيرايسوم”
- Armenian: “Տաուրեզիում”
- Belarusian: “Таўрэсій”
- Bulgarian: “Градище”
- Catalan: “Taurèsium”
- Chinese: “陶雷修姆”
- Croatian: “Taor”
- Danish: “Tauresium”
- Dutch: “Tauresium”
- French: “Tauresium”
- Georgian: “ტაურესიუმი”
- German: “Gradište”
- German: “Tauresium”
- Greek: “Γκράντιστε”
- Greek: “Ταυρήσιο”
- Greek: “Ταυρήσιον”
- Indonesian: “Tauresium”
- Irish: “Tauresium”
- Italian: “Tauresio”
- Italian: “Tauresium”
- Macedonian: “Tauresium”
- Macedonian: “Тауресиум”
- Polish: “Tauresium”
- Portuguese: “Taurésio”
- Russian: “Таврезиум”
- Russian: “Тавресий”
- Rusyn: “Таврезиум”
- Serbian: “Таорско Градиште”
- Serbian: “Тауресијум”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tauresium”
- Spanish: “Taor”
- Turkish: “Tauresium”
- Ukrainian: “Таврезій”
- Urdu: “ٹاؤریزیم”
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