Viciana () or Station Viciano was a Roman road station (mansio type) of unclear location, somewhere in Kosovo field.
History Viciana was a stopping place for caravans that travelled the Lissus–Naissus route, one of the most important Roman roads. The route started from Lezha (Lissus) on the Adriatic coast, went through the Drin river valley, crossed through Dardania, and continued to Niš (Naissus).
The location is unclear. It has been theorized to have been somewhere in the Kosovo field or in the present-day city of Vushtrri or its surrounding areas. In addition, approximately 4 km south of Vushtrri, in the village of Pestovë, there are the archaeological ruins of the Roman villa known as Vila rustica, Pestova (archaeological site).Domaszewski, A. (1889). "Die Grenzen von Moesia Superior und der Illyrische Grenzzoll". Vienna: Archäologisch-epigraphische Mitteilungen aus Österreich-Ungarn, XIII, 140–145.
Viciano as a road station is recorded in the Tabula Peuntingeriana map, a medieval (15th century) map and copy of a 3rd-century Roman map showing this same itinerary.Milot Berisha, Kosovo Archaeological Guide, Prishtinë, Kosovo Archaeological Institute and Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, 2012, Pg.72.
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See also List of monuments in Vushtrri
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Further reading Exhlale Dobruna-Salihu, «Problem of the location of the station Viciano», Materijali arheoloskog dru$tva Jugoslavije, xvii, 1978 [publ. 1980], pp. 163–167. 15529. Zef Mirdita, «Probleme de la reconstruction du tracé de la route Vicianum-Gabu- ...