Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress
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The hill fort
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Events | Trajan's Dacian Wars |
Location | |
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Altitude | 807 m (2,648 ft) |
Place name | Dealul Piatra Roșie |
Town | Luncani |
County | Hunedoara |
Country | Romania |
Reference | |
RO-LMI | HD-I-s-A-03200 [1] |
RO-RAN | 88500.02 [2] |
UNESCO | 906 |
Site notes | |
Recognition | UNESCO World Heritage Site National Historical Monument |
Condition | Ruined |
Website | www.piatra-rosie.ro |
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[3] with watch towers on each end and two outlying watch towers. Later the larger area inside the watch towers was enclosed with walls.[4] It appears that the hilltop was flattened in the process in order to produce a usable space.[5]
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Panoramic view from the fortress
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Paved road
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Tower
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Roots
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Fallen blocks
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Red rock
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Fortress plan
Artefacts
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Dacian shield (1st century BC) found on site - on display in the Roman Museum Manching.
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Dacian roasting spit (1st century BC) found on site - on display in the Roman Museum Manching.
References
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- ↑ 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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