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A 100 m-long portion of the Via Egnatia can be seen near the provincial town of Peqin, between Durrës and Elbasan (Albania). The pavement is about six metres wide with an Ottoman surface, a later repair of the earlier Byzantine and Roman pavements.
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Raddato, C. (2020, March 12). Walking the Via Egnatia. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11992/walking-the-via-egnatia/
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Raddato, Carole. "Walking the Via Egnatia." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 12, 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11992/walking-the-via-egnatia/.
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Raddato, Carole. "Walking the Via Egnatia." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 12 Mar 2020. Web. 20 Oct 2021.