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The Capital of Dacia
A Living Museum of the European Cultural Heritage
The Capital of Dacia
A Living Museum of the European Cultural Heritage
This project is financed with the support of EEA Grants 2014 – 2021 within the RO-CULTURE Programme
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WE GIVE LIFE TO THE CAPITAL OF DACIA
WE GIVE LIFE TO THE CAPITAL OF DACIA
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We work with care and a well defined purpose.
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This project is financed with the support of EEA Grants 2014 – 2021 within the RO-CULTURE Programme 


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SARMIZEGETUSA REGIA

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Through this project, we have the responsibility to carefully revitalize the most important historical area of Romania. 

The site Grădiștea de Munte – Sarmizegetusa Regia is the largest known settlement for the Dacian space, the residence of the Dacian kings starting with the second half of the 1st century BC. H. Evidence of the high degree of development of Dacian civilization from a military, spiritual and crafting point of view can be seen throughout the site. 

Fragment coloană și plinte din templul terasa a X-a
Find out 7 of the characteristics of the ancient wall with us, the area on which the archaeological research project focuses:
1. The wall is composed of two sides of limestone blocks, in between which there is an earth and stone filling.
2. It has an uneven structure, which varies from one section to another.
3. Its thickness varies between 3.2 m and 4 m.
4. The layers consists of limestone blocks and architectural pieces from the constructions in the sacred area: drums, pilasters, Greek lettering blocks, slabs and channel elements, but also artifacts: bricks, tiles, Dacian and Roman ceramic fragments, weapons and iron tools, glass and bronze containers, architectural pieces attesting the presence of Roman troops at Grădiștea de Munte.
5. The wall has been preserved at the height of two of courses.
6. Some of the sides are doubled.
7. Sometimes, the blocks in the layers are placed on a bed of mica schist pieces arranged directly on the bedrock, other times the wall is placed above a consistent layer of clayish earth.
UNESCO Monuments
The Dacian Fortresses in the Orăștie Mountains are included on the UNESCO's World Heritage List since 1999. The six fortresses of the Dacian complex in the Orăștie Mountains were built between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD: Sarmizegetusa Regia, Costești-Cetățuie, Costești-Blidaru, Luncani-Piatra Roșie, Bănița, Căpâlna. 
With the enrollment in 1999 on the World Heritage List, the Dacian complex in South-Western Transylvania became a cultural asset of humanity, joining some of the world's most famous monuments. The attention of international cultural tourism is increasingly focused on this area and this can be seen by the increase, from year to year, of the number of people who visit them or access information about them in the online environment.
Two ancient civilizations 
The first to establish their capital here were the Dacians, at Sarmizegetusa Regia in the Orăștie Mountains, followed by the Romans, who established their capital at Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, in the present territory of Hațeg Land. By following in their footsteps, we enter deep into the mists of time, unlocking the mysteries of two different cultures, but linked by a common destiny. 
At the beginning of the 2nd century AD, the two wars between Decebalus and Trajan took place, at their conclusion Dacia and Sarmizegetusa Regia were conquered. Their names will remain, however, being passed on to the new province of the Roman Empire.

An imperfect lens
The passing of almost two thousand years over the vestiges of Sarmizegetusa Regia has the effect of an imperfect lens that attenuates the colors and distorts or fragments the images. The contemporary visitor of the ancient capital can see monumental constructions, bearing the signs of the time, but he can hardly imagine the richness of colors and ornaments of the Dacian period. The historical and archaeological importance of these sites is considerable because they represent the monumental expression of the civilization of the Dacian Kingdom in the 1st century BC. – I AD.
We are going on a journey. Discovering the project area 
If you reach the central part of the Dacian settlement you will find the fortification and the sacred area. And if the steps take you to the numerous anthropogenic terraces, arranged on the slopes of the hill, learn that here were the civil areas, today divided into the Western residential quarter and the Eastern residential quarter. You then get to the wall – the fortification you can see today dates back to the Dacian-Roman wars of the early 2nd century AD. The fortification walls are constructed using limestone blocks and enclose an area of almost 30,000 m2. 
From the fortification you enter the sacred area – in the past, the access was made on a road over 200 meters long, paved with limestone slabs. Here the remains of seven temples, two circular, the rest with a rectangular plan, a monumental altar, as well as water evacuation systems have been identified. The limestone and andesite plinths, drums and pilasters in the temples` structure speak for themselves about a monumental religious architecture, unique in its proportions in Dacia.
Did you know that the researches revealed several dwellings with circular or polygonal plans and craft workshops – of which the most important are the blacksmith ones because thousands of iron pieces were discovered in this area: forging tools, carpentry and woodworking tools, goldsmith', stonemasons' tools, agricultural, domestic objects, weapons, decorative pieces?