Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress
![]() The hill fort | |
![]() ![]() Shown within Romania | |
Location | Dealul Piatra Roșie, Luncani, Hunedoara, Romania |
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Coordinates | 45°36′08″N 23°08′51″E / 45.602264°N 23.147403°ECoordinates: 45°36′08″N 23°08′51″E / 45.602264°N 23.147403°E |
Altitude | 807 m (2,648 ft) |
History | |
Events | Trajan's Dacian Wars |
Site notes | |
Condition | Ruined |
Website | www.piatra-rosie.ro |
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
Reference no. | 906 |
Reference no. | HD-I-s-A-03200 [1] |
Piatra Roşie, which means Red Rock, was a Dacian hill fort two days march to the west from Costeşti-Cetăţuie fortress, at Luncani in Boşorod municipality. It was built in two phases. In the first phase a long (102 m) rectangular main citadel was built at the height of land[2] with watch towers on each end and two outlying watch towers. Later the larger area inside the watch towers was enclosed with walls.[3] It appears that the hilltop was flattened in the process in order to produce a usable space.[4]
Panoramic view from the fortress
Paved road
Tower
Roots
Fallen blocks
Red rock
Fortress plan
Artefacts[]
Dacian artefact from site.
Dacian shield (1st century BC) found on site - on display in the .
Dacian roasting spit (1st century BC) found on site - on display in the Roman Museum Manching.
References[]
- ^ "National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania, Hunedoara County" (PDF). www.inmi.ro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ Aerial photograph shows hill at Luncani. Oltean, Ioana Adina (2007) Dacia: landscape, colonisation and romanisation Psychology Press, London, page 81, ISBN 0-415-41252-8
- ^ MacKendrick, Paul Lachlan (1975) The Dacian Stones Speak University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, pages 58–60, ISBN 0-8078-1226-9
- ^ Oltean, Ioana Adina (2007) Dacia: landscape, colonisation and romanisation Psychology Press, London, page 95, ISBN 0-415-41252-8
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