Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress
 Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress | |
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The hill fort | |
  Location within Romania | |
| Events | Trajan's Dacian Wars |
| Location | |
| 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) |
| 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 artefact from site.
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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
- ↑ "National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania, Hunedoara County" (PDF). www.inmi.ro. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ↑ "National Archaeological Record (RAN)". ran.cimec.ro. 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
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress. |
- Cetățile dacice din Munții Orăștiei - Luncani - Piatra Roșie
- Virtual reconstruction of the fortress
- Cetatea Luncani - Piatra Roșie
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