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A 12 km from Fier, is located Apollonia, the most important archaeological centre of Albania.

In the mid-fifth century BC Apollonia was active to a laboratory to issue coins. Through commercial transactions these coins spread throughout the Illyria and beyond. In the second century BC Apollonia had a population of 55,000 inhabitants. In the first century BC Julius Caesar used this citadel as a fortress against Pompeii. As reward for the support given to Caesar, for Apollonia was granted the status of free city. Apollonia became a cultural centre, where art, architecture and sculpture flourished and prosperarono. At the same time Octavian Augustus (the first Roman emperor) and Agrippa (King of Judea), linked by close bonds of friendship, came to study at the famous school of Apollonia. It was here that dell'assassinio learned the news of Julius Caesar. In the third century d.C. an earthquake upset the orography of the region by changing the direction of the river Vjosa (then known as Aos) and led to decline of Apollonia. The excavations and archaeological monuments of Apollonia. The first excavations carried out during the First World War by Austrian archaeologists reported the light mainly the walls of the city. Next cables systematic, initiated in 1924 by a French archaeological mission led by Leon Rey, reported birth to a set of monuments of the city centre. In the twenty years following campaigns were carried out by archaeologists digging Albanians. Most of the finds are in the Museum, produced in the monastery of Santa Maria.La walls. Apollonia was surrounded by a wall of protection, with a perimeter of 4,500 meters and a thickness of 3 meters and 40 cm. The walls were built during the fourth century AD The first excavations carried out during the First World War by Austrian archaeologists reported the light mainly the walls of the city. Next cables systematic, initiated in 1924 by a French archaeological mission led by Leon Rey, reported birth to a set of monuments of the city centre. In the twenty years following campaigns were carried out by archaeologists digging Albanians. Most of the finds are in the Museum, produced in the monastery of Santa Maria.La walls. Apollonia was surrounded by a wall of protection, with a perimeter of 4,500 meters and a thickness of 3 meters and 40 cm. The walls were built during the fourth century AD