Gal Valerius Maximilian Galerius, built a palace fortified with a rampart with twenty defensive towers on an area of 6.5 hectares. Today, it is possible to visit the whole palace, which includes the remains of the sacral-memorial complex - two mausoleums and two monuments, Romula’s and Galeriuses.
For today’s appereance of the palace is responsable famous Serbian archaeologist Dragoslav Srejović. He started excavations in the early 1970s, believing that it was a much more important facility than a military camp. When the archivolt (the bridge connected by the two pillars) with the inscription Felix Romuliana was found in 1984, it was clear that it was an imperial palace, the size and significance of which was equal to the much better known Diocletian's in Split. Srejović did not live long, but his work did. The site has gained its tourist value, and all the efforts of Serbian archaeologists and especially the ones from Zaječar, security guards and museologists have been crowned with the status of UNESCO World Heritage Site, which Felix Romuliana received in 2007. In addition to mosaics, which are among the most beautiful from the time of late antiquity, works of art from Felix Romuliana can be seen in the Zaječar Museum. Here, 11 kilometers away from Felix Romuliana, is the head of Gal Valerius made of expensive and rare stone portfolios, as well as the famous mosaics Labyrinth and Dionysus.
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