Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress

Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress

The hill fort
Shown within Romania
Location	Dealul Piatra Roșie, Luncani, Hunedoara County, Romania
Coordinates	45°36′08″N 23°08′51″E / 45.602264°N 23.147403°E / 45.602264; 23.147403
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
Monument istoric
Reference no.	HD-I-s-A-03200 [1]

Piatra Roșie, which means Red Rock, was a Dacian hill fort two days march to the west from Costești-Cetățuie fortress, at Luncani in Boșorod commune, Hunedoara County. 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]

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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

External links

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