Castra of Bucium

Castra of Bucium
Castra of Orăștioara de Jos
Castra of Bucium is located in Romania
Castra of Bucium
Location within Romania
45°44′48″N 23°10′17″E / 45.7466°N 23.1713°E / 45.7466; 23.1713
LocationPiatra Grădiștii, Bucium, Hunedoara, Romania
History
Founded2nd century AD [1][2]
Abandoned3rd century AD [1][2]
Site notes
Excavation dates
Archaeologists
  • Ioan I. Russu[3]
ConditionRuined

The castra of Bucium was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.[1][2] Its ruins are located in Bucium (commune Orăștioara de Sus, Romania).[1][2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Castrul de la Bucium - "Piatra Grădiștii"". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 6 May 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments")" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 1320. Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 "RUSSU, ION I. (1911-1985) - Bibliografia lucrărilor științifice ale membrilor Institutului de Istorie din Cluj (1920-2005)". ww.history-cluj.ro. Retrieved 7 December 2012.

45°44′N 23°10′E / 45.733°N 23.167°E / 45.733; 23.167