The Reception Hall of the Roman Domus at the Archaeological Site of Stakina Češma – Valandovo

The site of Stakina Češma is located on the southern outskirts of Valandovo, a small town in the southern part of the Republic of North Macedonia. It was registered as an archaeological site for the first time in 1972 when the Archaeological Museum of Macedonia from Skopje conducted a survey during the preparation of the Archaeological Atlas of the Republic of Macedonia. In 1987, the Archaeological Department at the Museum of Macedonia began systematic archaeological excavations at Stakina Češma, continued until today. The results so far have clearly shows that in Stakina Češma the archaeologists discovered an extremely luxurious Roman domus with more than ten rooms. All the floor surfaces in the building, ca. 500 m², were rendered in various mosaic techniques, while the walls were decorated with marble revetment or al secco painted decoration. All this luxury of the highest level documented at Stakina Češma indicates that this villa belonged to a very wealthy individual. In this paper the results from the systematic archaeological excavations of the site from 2015 to 2023 would be presented.