Fețele Albe Dacian fortress

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]

Fețele Albe Dacian fortress
Shown within Romania
LocationDealul Muncelului, Grădiștea de Munte, Hunedoara, Romania
Coordinates45.62611°N 23.28000°E / 45.62611; 23.28000
History
EventsTrajan's Dacian Wars
Site notes
Excavation dates1969 [1]
Archaeologists
  • Ioan Glodariu [1]
  • Hadrian Daicoviciu [1]
ConditionRuined
Reference no.HD-I-s-A-03196 [2]

References

  1. Daicoviciu, Hadrian and Glodariu, Ioan (1969) "Consideratii asupra cronologiei asezarii dacice de la Fetele Albe" Acta Musei Napocensis 6: pp. 465473, 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. MacKendrick, Paul Lachlan (1975) The Dacian Stones Speak University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, pages 6061, ISBN 0-8078-1226-9
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