Daorson

Daorson was the capital of the Illyrian tribe of the Daorsi. The Daorsi lived in the valley of the River between 300 BC and 50 BC. They came very early into contact with Greek traders acquiring many facies of Greek civilization, and the town acquired a certain degree of Hellenization.
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  • Type: City gate
  • Description: archaeological site cyclopean walls, Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Also known as: Hellenistic town of Daorson - Ošanići, the archaeological site

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Poprati and Ošanjići.

Village
is a in the municipality of , .

Village
is a in the municipality of , .

Village
is a in the municipalities of , Republika Srpska, and , . is situated 2½ km northeast of Daorson.

Daorson

Latitude
43.10407° or 43° 6′ 15″ north
Longitude
17.92692° or 17° 55′ 37″ east
Open location code
8FMV4W3G+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1210872095
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Wiki­data ID
Q43951417
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Swedish—“Daorson” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Daorsoni
  • Bosnian: Daorsoi
  • Bosnian: Daorson
  • Bulgarian: Даорси
  • Catalan: Daorson
  • Croatian: Daorson
  • Czech: Daorson
  • Dutch: Daorsi
  • Egyptian Arabic: داورسون
  • French: Daorson
  • German: Daorson
  • Greek: Δαόριζοι
  • Greek: Δαορσών
  • Hebrew: דאורסון
  • Hungarian: Daorson
  • Hungarian: Daorsum
  • Hungarian: Daorszón
  • Hungarian: Ošanjići
  • Japanese: ダオルス
  • Polish: Daorson
  • Portuguese: Daorson
  • Serbian: Daorson
  • Serbian: Даорси
  • Serbo-Croatian: Daorsoi
  • Serbo-Croatian: Daorson
  • Slovenian: Daorson
  • Spanish: Daorson
  • Swedish: Daorson

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Highlights include Gradina banja and Daorson.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Daorson”. Photo: Lsimon, CC0.