 The city was of economic and political importance before being conquered by the Slavs who destroyed the last remains of the Illyrian city.The royal tombs are located under the Acropolis, carved into the rock, and created during the reign of the Illyrian kings (4th to 3rd centuries BC)

Tomb I consists of a rectangular burial chamber with an antechamber or forecourt.A barrel vault covers the burial chamber, whose height is 2.10m.