Felix Romuliana to Get New Tourist-Research Center on Over 2,500 m2

One of the biggest archaeological sites from the Roman period in Serbia should soon get a new tourist-research center for the purposes of the expansion of the accommodation capacities for guests, but also the researchers who will work at this important site.

The EU for Cultural Heritage and Tourism organization and the German Organization for International Cooperation (GIZ) have opened the tender for the construction of the tourist-research center at Felix Romuliana.

This project is realized through the “EU Competitiveness Through Development of Innovations and Tourism”, which aims to develop the tourist infrastructure and preserve the cultural heritage, and which is part of the Tourism Development Strategy adopted by the Government of the Republic of Serbia. The financial funds for the construction of the new center have been secured through the European Union, the Federal Republic of Germany, GIZ and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

According to the ad documentation, the plan is to build a tourist-research center on 2,633.33 m2, which will encompass several units:

– a center for visitors (708.03 m2)
– accommodation capacities (686.57 m2)
– a research center (882.89 m2)
– accommodation capacities for researchers (385.84 m2)

From the invitation to the signing of the agreement, the tendering procedure is expected to be fully carried out in August-September 2021. All companies which want to take part in this project must send a letter of interest, which includes additional documentation. More information can be found HERE.

Gamzigrad is a very important archaeological location for studying Roman history. The Felix Romuliana palace was the residence of Diocletian’s son-in law Roman emperor Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus (258-311). He allegedly named the palace after his mother, Romula. The guess is that the palace was never finished and the 4th century emperors let the Christian Church use the property. During the 5th century, the palace was ransacked by barbarian tribes, and in the 6th century, Byzantine emperor Justinian I had the palace reconstructed as a border area fortress.

N. Ignjatovic

GIZ Beograd

Vlada Republike Srbije

GIZ

European Union

Government of the Republic of Serbia

cultural heritage

tourism

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archaeology