Археолошки институт представља јединствену, централну научно-истраживачку установу у Србији која је посвећена археологији. Основала га је Српска академија наука и уметности 1947. године, а од 1961. је самостална установа.

Middle Ages

Research programmes are aimed at obtaining scientific knowledge about the origin and development of the fortress and the urban settlement in the epochs of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and in later periods, up to modern times. In addition, data relevant for the conservation, restoration and revitalisation of individual buildings, sites and wider complexes within the fortress

The Medieval fortress Koprijan, also known as Kurvingrad, is situated in the village of Malošište within the municipality of Doljevac (southern Serbia). Positioned on the slopes of Mount Seličevica, above the right bank of the South Morava, near the mouth of Toplica, the Koprijan fortress held a great strategic position. Situated above the Kurvingrad gorge and

Caričin Grad, a site that most researchers today identify with Justiniana Prima, represents one of the most striking examples of the restoration of Illyricum carried out by Justinian II (527–565). The spirit of that restoration was recorded in the work "On Buildings" by Procopius of Caesarea, which mentions a large number of newly built and renovated