Lower Selca is a village in the area Mokra in the region of Pogradec. During archaeological excavations in the years 1964-1972 affectuées in a hill near the village, we found a city Illyrian.
This habitat has been developed during the period of Bronze High and continued to be such without interruption, even during the Iron periodede. At VI-V sc. BC the city was developed as a proto-urban center on the road that ran along the river Shkumbini. The IV sc. it was transformed into a center surrounded by fortified wall made of squared stones. It occupied an area of 30000m2.
During the IV-V BC. JC Selca was an important center of production, trade exchanges and administrative center of the Illyrian region of Desareti. In III sc. were engraved in the rock four monumental tombs of princes, as original creations of the Ionic order. In one of these tombs were reused at the end of II sc. we discovered a rich inventory of weapons, vessels of bronze and terracotta, gold jewelry as well as emblems depicting scenes mitologiques combat. The construction of the Egnatia highway in I sc. led to the downfall of the city. During the IV sc. Selca, as a military and administrative center, was fortified again by stone walls bound with mortar. The Illyrian city of Lower Selca was demolished to circles VI sc.
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