Castra of Bucium

{{Short description|Fort in the Roman province of Dacia}}

{{Not confuse|Castra of Buciumi}}

{{Infobox castrum

| name = Castra of Bucium

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| known_as = Castra of Orăștioara de Jos

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| founded = 2nd century AD

| abandoned = 3rd century AD

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| robust_struct_material = Stone

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| robust_struct_dim1 = 160

| robust_struct_dim2 = 160

| robust_struct_area = 2,56

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| province = Dacia

| admin_unit_1 = Dacia Superior

| admin_unit_2 = Dacia Apulensis

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| coordinates = {{coord|45.7466|23.1713|display=inline}}

| altitude =

| map = Romania

| place_name = Piatra Grădiștii

| location_town = Bucium

| location_county = Hunedoara

| location_state =

| location_country = {{ROU}}

| ref:RO:LMI = HD-I-s-A-03168 {{cite web|url=http://www.cultura.abt.ro/Files/GenericFiles/LMI-2010.pdf |publisher=Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional |title=Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010 ("2010 List of Historic Monuments") |work=Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 670 ("Romania's Official Journal, Part I, Nr. 670"), page 1320 |date=1 October 2010 |accessdate=4 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610112533/http://www.cultura.abt.ro/Files/GenericFiles/LMI-2010.pdf |archivedate=10 June 2012 }} / HD-I-s-B-03203 {{cite web|url=http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?descript=orastioara-de-jos-beriu-hunedoara-castrul-de-la-orastioara-de-jos-piatra-gradistii-cod-sit-ran-88314.01|publisher=ran.cimec.ro|title=Castrul de la Orăştioara de Jos - "Piatra Grădiştii"|work=National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN)|date=2008-05-15|accessdate=2014-03-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023604/http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?descript=orastioara-de-jos-beriu-hunedoara-castrul-de-la-orastioara-de-jos-piatra-gradistii-cod-sit-ran-88314.01|archivedate=2016-03-04}}

| ref:RO:RAN = 90360.03 {{cite web|url=http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=bucium-orastioara-de-sus-hunedoara-castrul-de-la-bucium-piatra-gradistii-cod-sit-ran-90360.03|publisher=ran.cimec.ro|title=Castrul de la Bucium - "Piatra Grădiștii"|work=National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN)|date=6 May 2008|accessdate=4 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042810/http://ran.cimec.ro/sel.asp?lang=EN&descript=bucium-orastioara-de-sus-hunedoara-castrul-de-la-bucium-piatra-gradistii-cod-sit-ran-90360.03|archivedate=4 March 2016}} / 88314.01

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| condition = Ruined

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| excavations =

• 1959 {{cite web|title=RUSSU, ION I. (1911-1985) - Bibliografia lucrărilor științifice ale membrilor Institutului de Istorie din Cluj (1920-2005)|url=http://www.history-cluj.ro/Istorie/Ro/Bibliografia_stiintifica.htm#RUSSU,%20ION%20I.|publisher=ww.history-cluj.ro|accessdate=7 December 2012}}

| archaeologists =

• Ioan I. Russu

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