Fețele Albe Dacian fortress

Fețele Albe Dacian fortress
Location within Romania
Events Trajan's Dacian Wars
Location
Coordinates 45°37′34″N 23°16′48″E / 45.62611°N 23.28000°E / 45.62611; 23.28000Coordinates: 45°37′34″N 23°16′48″E / 45.62611°N 23.28000°E / 45.62611; 23.28000
Place name Dealul Muncelului
Town Grădiștea de Munte
County Hunedoara
Country  Romania
Reference
RO-LMI HD-I-s-A-03196 [1]
RO-RAN 90397.07 [2]
Site notes
Recognition National Historical Monument
Condition Ruined
Excavation dates 1969 [3]
Archaeologists
  • Ioan Glodariu [3]
  • Hadrian Daicoviciu [3]

Feţele Albe is a Dacian fortified settlement on the southern side of Muncelului Hill, situated north of Sarmizegetusa Regia, separated from it by a sharp declivity. Along with numerous walls and resulting terraces, the site contained a sanctuary with circular stone pillars on the third terrace.[4] The settlement was destroyed during the First Dacian War, rebuilt and again destroyed by fire by Trajan's army during the Second Dacian War in 106 CE.[3][4] The Romans then built a military camp (castrum) on the site.[4]

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References

  1. "National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania, Hunedoara County" (PDF). www.inmi.ro. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  2. "National Archaeological Record (RAN)". ran.cimec.ro. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Daicoviciu, Hadrian and Glodariu, Ioan (1969) "Consideratii asupra cronologiei asezarii dacice de la Fetele Albe" Acta Musei Napocensis 6: pp. 465473, in Romanian
  4. 1 2 3 MacKendrick, Paul Lachlan (1975) The Dacian Stones Speak University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, pages 6061, ISBN 0-8078-1226-9


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