The Albanian-French mission will continue excavations during the current year to document the structures and further discover the heritage of this medieval city.

Director of Shkodra Regional Directorate of Cultural Heritage Helidon Sokoli told Albanian television that the archaeological mission will return again during the summer to continue the research. Sokoli said that the project “The Drin Valley in the Middle Ages” will go ahead this year at the archaeological site of Sarda, on Shurdhahu isle. The Albanian-French mission, planned to take place from late August to mid-September, will focus on the upper part of the city hill, where there is being documented an early medieval church. According to Sokoli, the goal is to complete its full documentation and more accurately determine the period of construction.

The project “The Drini Valley in the Middle Ages” is being implemented in cooperation between Albanian and French institutions and aims to further uncover the history of one of the most important medieval centers in the north of the country. Before the excavations, Shkodra Regional Directorate of Cultural Heritage specialists have also cleared the area of ​​vegetation to facilitate the work of archaeologists. /a.f/p.s./

Regional Directorate of Cultural Heritage in Shkodra said that there was an Albanian-French research project led by archaeologists Etleva Nallbani and Elvana Metalla.

The purpose of the project is to document the structures of the medieval city and explore an upper city.

The project has been a cooperation with Regional Directorate of Cultural Heritage in Shkodra and has been going on for years with a focus on the medieval residents of the area, the funeral practice and the interregional exchanges.

In context of the research, there was carried out even the cleaning of the territory from the dense vegetation.

The archaeological researches are being held in context of the project: Drini Valley in Medieval Times”, which is realized by École française de Rome, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Ministère de l’Europe et des affaires étrangères, INRAP, Institute of Archaeology, in cooperation with the University of Tirana and Shkodra Regional Directorate of Cultural Heritage. /a.f//r.e/p.s./