Sarmizegetusa (Hunedoara)

Sarmizegetusa (deprecated gradiste; Burgort German, Hungarian Várhely ) is a municipality in the district of Hunedoara in Transylvania, Romania.

Geographical location

The municipality is located in the Sarmizegetusa Haţeg sink ( Depresiunea Hategului ) - the foothills of the Transylvanian Alps - northwest of the Retezat Mountains ( Munţii Retezat ) and northeast of the Tarcu Mountains ( Munţii Tarcu ). (NATIONAL Drum ) DN 68 ( Caransebeş - Haţeg ) Situated on river Breazova and the national road, is the nearest town Haţeg ( Hatzeg ) 16 km to the northeast; the district capital Deva ( Deva ) is (41 km distance) located about 60 kilometers north.

History

Located on a historic Roman road, the place was first mentioned in documents in 1398. As one of the oldest villages of the Romanian Nationals Haţeg sink was located the place next to the ruins of the capital of the Roman province of Dacia, Ulpia Traiana known as Colonia Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa. However, numerous discoveries during archaeological excavations in the region indicate back on a settlement to the Neolithic period.

Population

1850 lived on the territory of the present municipality of 2,642 inhabitants; 2,566 of these were Romanians, 38 Roma, 33 Magyars and 5 Transylvanian Saxons. 1890, with 2911 having the largest population - and at the same time the Romanians ( 2828 ) and the Germans ( 22) - determined. The highest number of Hungarians (121 ) in 1910 and registered the Roma in 1850. In addition, designated in 1910 and two in 1930 as a Serb. As of the 2002 census, lived on the territory of the commune of 1,388 people, of whom 1,381 Romanians, Magyars three and four German Romania.

Attractions

• The ruins of a castle, the former Roman capital of Dacia Traiana Ulpia, built under Emperor Trajan 108-110 AD, Emperor Hadrian which the name Sarmizegetusa - center of the former Dacian kingdom - added is a listed building. The property in a rectangular shape covered an area of about 32 hectares. The 1.80 meters thick and 4-5 meters high walls stretched to a distance of 450 meters north-south and 600 meters east-west direction. At all corners of the plant were defensive towers on each side of an entrance gate and around a 4-5 meter wide moat. The most important building of the plant was the Augustus Palace ( aedes augastalium, 85 x 65 m), built of stone, brick and marble. South of the palace there was the public marketplace of two parts; a small ( 85 x 10 m) decorated with statues and sculptures and a larger part (42 m wide, as not yet fully explored, length unknown). This was paved with stone slabs and had a channel for rainwater. After 271 AD the city declined; probably in the 13th century it was a ruin. The building material of the churches of Densuş and Strei came from here.
• The ruins of an amphitheater is located 190 meters north of Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, next to the National Road. It is the only known amphitheater in Dacia. Its oval shape is the length of 88 x 69 meters; the arena is 66 x 47 m in size. Between Arena and the match was a three- meter high wall. The outer walls were about eight feet high; there were 12 access gates available. In the center of the arena was a two-meter- deep ditch.
• The Village Museum of the community.

Pictures

View of the ruins of the amphitheater

360 ° View of the amphitheater

Roman consecration stone, walled up as spolia in the Orthodox church of the village Sânpetru.

Mayor of the municipality