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Fețele Albe Dacian fortress

Coordinates: 45°37′34″N 23°16′48″E / 45.62611°N 23.28000°E / 45.62611; 23.28000
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Fețele Albe Dacian fortress
Fețele Albe Dacian fortress is located in Romania
Fețele Albe Dacian fortress
Shown within Romania
LocationDealul Muncelului, Grădiștea de Munte, Hunedoara, Romania
Coordinates45°37′34″N 23°16′48″E / 45.62611°N 23.28000°E / 45.62611; 23.28000
History
EventsTrajan's Dacian Wars
Site notes
Excavation dates1969 [1]
Archaeologists
ConditionRuined
Reference no.HD-I-s-A-03196 [2]

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.[3] 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.[1][3] The Romans then built a military camp (castrum) on the site.[3]

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  1. ^ a b c d Daicoviciu, Hadrian and Glodariu, Ioan (1969) "Consideratii asupra cronologiei asezarii dacice de la Fetele Albe" Acta Musei Napocensis 6: pp. 465–473, in Romanian
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b c MacKendrick, Paul Lachlan (1975) The Dacian Stones Speak University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, pages 60–61, ISBN 0-8078-1226-9