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Remnants of Via Egnatia

Via Egnatia in its early days was probably not everywhere one road, but in some parts a winter and summer track, a road straight over the mountains for soldiers on foot and a wider route for the army impedimenta in wagons. After a period of neglect the Ottoman empire reconstructed parts of the road. When the national borders were created in the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century the Via Egnatia lost its function as the main link between East and West. Agricultural areas were extended at the cost of the old road and pavement stones were used for other purposes. Erosion in the mountains washed away parts of the roads, there and in the planes new sediments covered the original surface. But still parts of the road can be seen with the old pavement, and about 40 milestones have been recovered. And research still leads to new discoveries of parts of the original Via Egnatia.