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Costești-Cetățuie Dacian fortress

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Local name: Cetatea dacică Costești-Cetățuie Unesco: from 1999Coordinates: 45°40'46"N, 23°9'15"E
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HunedoaraRomania

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Costești-Cetățuie Dacian fortress – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Costești-Blidaru Dacian fortress, Castra of Târsa, Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress, Castra of Costești.

  • costesti blidaru dacian fortress0.9 miSE
    Forts and castles,

    Costești-Blidaru Dacian fortress

    24 min walk • It was a Dacian fortified town.

  • castra of tarsa3.2 miS
    Forts and castles, Ancient Roman architecture

    Castra of Târsa

    82 min walk • The castra of Târsa was a temporary fort erected by the Romans during the Trajan's Dacian Wars.

  • piatra rosie dacian fortress5.3 miS
    Museum,

    Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress

    136 min walk • 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 rectangular main citadel was built at the height of land with watch towers on each end and two outlying watch towers.

  • castra of costesti location map
    2.8 miE
    Forts and castles

    Castra of Costești

    71 min walk • The castra of Costești was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. Erected and abandoned by the Romans at an uncertain date, its ruins are located in Costești on a hilltop, at an altitude of 1203 meters.

  • castra of bucium orastioara de sus location map
    3.8 miN
    Memorial

    Castra of Bucium, Orăștioara de Sus

    97 min walk • The castra of Bucium was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. Its ruins are located in Bucium.

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