Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress
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 with watch towers on each end and two outlying watch towers. Later the larger area inside the watch towers was enclosed with walls. It appears that the hilltop was flattened in the process in order to produce a usable space.
According to the UNESCO site: “The Luncani Piatra Roşie fortress consists of two fortified enclosures on the eastern slope of a rocky massif. The earlier and smaller of the two has corner bastions. In the interior there is an apsidal timber-framed barrack block with two rooms. To the north and outside the defences there were two buildings on the site of an earlier sanctuary. The second enceinte dates from the late 1st century AD.”
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
RO-RAN 88500.02
UNESCO 906
 The hill fort | |
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| Location | Dealul Piatra Roșie, Luncani, Hunedoara County, Romania |
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| Coordinates | 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 |
| Reference no. | 906 |
| 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 -
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.
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References
[edit]- ^ "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
External links
[edit]- Cetățile dacice din Munții Orăștiei - Luncani - Piatra Roșie
- Virtual reconstruction of the fortress
- Cetatea Luncani - Piatra Roșie
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| Coordonate | 45°48′N 22°42′E / 45.80°N 22.70°E |
| Altitudine | 831 m |
| Numele locului | Dealul Piatra Roșie |
| Localitate | Luncani |
| Județ | Hunedoara |
| Țară |  România |
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| RO-LMI | HD-I-s-A-03200 |
| RO-RAN | 88500.02 |
| UNESCO | 906 |
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| Recunoaștere |  Patrimoniu Mondial UNESCO Monument Istoric Național |
| Condiție | Ruinat |
| Site web | www.piatra-rosie.ro |
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Cetatea dacică Piatra Roșie este o fortificație dacică situată pe teritoriul României.
Imagini
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Artefact dacic găsit în sit.
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Vezi și
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[modificare | modificare sursă]- ^ „Lista monumentelor istorice din județul Hunedoara” (PDF). www.patrimoniu.gov.ro. Accesat în .
- ^ „National Archaeological Record (RAN)”. ran.cimec.ro. Accesat în .
Legături externe
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- Virtual reconstruction of the fortress
- Cetatea Luncani - Piatra Roșie
- Piatra Roșie, cetatea ASCUNSĂ a dacilor | FOTOREPORTAJ, 23 octombrie 2012, Ciprian Iancu, Evenimentul zilei
- Turnul 2 și zidul cetății (murus dacicus), reconstituire 3D (v.2) - (CC BY 4.0 - Free Culture License)
