Tauresium
Tauresium, today known as Gradište, is an archaeological site in North Macedonia, near the village of Taor. Tauresium is the birthplace of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and King Theodahad of the Ostrogoths.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dvacet, Public domain.
Photo: Dvacet, Public domain.
- Type: Ruin
- 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
Photo: Cibrev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Македонец, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zelenikovo is a village in the municipality of Zelenikovo, North Macedonia. Zelenikovo is situated 2½ km southwest of Tauresium.
Petrovec
Village
Photo: Desptop, Public domain.
Petrovec is a village in the municipality of Petrovec, North Macedonia and situated about 15 km southeast of the national capital Skopje. It is the seat of the Petrovec municipality. Petrovec is situated 4½ km north of Tauresium.
Studeničani
Village
Studeničani is a village in North Macedonia. It is a seat of Studeničani municipality. Studeničani is situated 7 km west of Tauresium.
Tauresium
- Categories: ancient city, archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Zelenikovo, North Macedonia, Balkans, Europe
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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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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tauresium”. Photo: Dvacet, Public domain.