Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress

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| name = Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress

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| image = Piatra Rosie Dacian fortress 134.jpg

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| caption = The hill fort

| map_type = Romania

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| altitude_m = 807

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| coordinates = {{coord|45.602264|23.147403|display=inline,title}}

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| location = Dealul Piatra Roșie, Luncani, Hunedoara County, Romania

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| event = Trajan's Dacian Wars

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| condition = Ruined

| designation1 = World Heritage Site

| designation1_number = 906

| designation2 = Monument istoric

| designation2_number = HD-I-s-A-03200 {{cite web|title=National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania, Hunedoara County|url=http://www.inmi.ro/lmi/HUNEDOARA.pdf|publisher=www.inmi.ro|access-date=18 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227080850/http://www.inmi.ro/lmi/HUNEDOARA.pdf|archive-date=27 February 2012}}

| website = [http://www.piatra-rosie.ro www.piatra-rosie.ro]

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Piatra Roșie, which means Red Rock, was a Dacian hill fort two days march to the west from Costești-Cetățuie fortress, at Luncani in Boșorod commune, Hunedoara County. It was built in two phases. In the first phase a long (102 m) rectangular main citadel was built at the height of landAerial photograph shows hill at Luncani. Oltean, Ioana Adina (2007) Dacia: landscape, colonisation and romanisation Psychology Press, London, [https://books.google.com/books?id=wgvH2j7dWuEC&pg=PA81 page 81], {{ISBN|0-415-41252-8}} with watch towers on each end and two outlying watch towers. Later the larger area inside the watch towers was enclosed with walls.MacKendrick, Paul Lachlan (1975) The Dacian Stones Speak University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Lwt5Li_q2asC&pg=PA58 pages 58–60], {{ISBN|0-8078-1226-9}} It appears that the hilltop was flattened in the process in order to produce a usable space.Oltean, Ioana Adina (2007) Dacia: landscape, colonisation and romanisation Psychology Press, London, [https://books.google.com/books?id=wgvH2j7dWuEC&pg=PA95 page 95], {{ISBN|0-415-41252-8}}

Piatra Rosie Dacian fortress 056.jpg|Panoramic view from the fortress

Piatra Rosie Dacian fortress 029.jpg|Paved road

Piatra Rosie Dacian fortress 065.jpg|Tower

Piatra Rosie Dacian fortress 071.jpg|Roots

Piatra Rosie Dacian fortress 098.jpg|Fallen blocks

Piatra Rosie Dacian fortress 133.jpg|Red rock

Plan pIatra Rosie daicoviciu.svg|Fortress plan