<< Our Photo Pages >> Costesti-Blidaru Dacian citadel - Hillfort in Romania
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Costesti-Blidaru Dacian citadelCountry: Romania Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Hunedoara Nearest Village: Costesti
Latitude: 45.667760N Longitude: 23.163020E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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mfrincu visited on 6th Sep 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 The trail is clearly marked with a white and blue vertical stripes all the way from the road to the site. I was in good shape and made it in 40 minutes.
It is the only Dacian fortress whose walls have never been breached. The defenders had to surrender after the Romans besieged them and cut their water supplies.
Ancient Dacian Hillfort in heavily forrested area. This is the best preserved Dacian hillfort as it was never stormed by the Romans. The dacians simply abanodned it when the situation became hopeless. 714 Meters altitude Position from handheld GPS device Unesco World Heritage Site
Note: 1 hour hike up the hill from main paved road. You need a guide unless you have GPS device.
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