Castra of Hoghiz
| Castra of Hoghiz | |
|---|---|
View from Ungra (2013) | |
| Known also as | Castra of Ungra |
| Founded | 2nd century AD |
| Abandoned | 3rd century AD |
| Place in the Roman world | |
| Province | Dacia |
| Administrative unit | Dacia Apulensis |
| Administrative unit | Dacia Superior |
| Limes | Alutanus ? |
| Nearby water | Alutus |
| Directly connected to | |
| Structure | |
| — Stone structure — | |
| Size and area | 220 m × 165 m (3.6 ha) |
| Stationed military units | |
| — Legions — | |
| — Cohorts — | |
| III Gallorum | |
| — Alae — | |
| I Asturum | |
| — Numeri — | |
| Illyricorum | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 45°58′41″N 25°16′44″E / 45.977956°N 25.278792°E |
| Altitude | 460 m (1,509 ft) |
| Place name | La cetate |
| Town | Hoghiz |
| County | Brașov |
| Country | Romania |
| Reference | |
| RO-LMI | BV-I-m-A-11280.02 |
| RO-RAN | 41186.01 |
| UNESCO | |
| Part of | Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia |
| Criteria | Cultural: ii, iii, iv |
| Reference | 1718-228 |
| Inscription | 2024 (46th Session) |
| Site notes | |
| Recognition | UNESCO World Heritage Site National Historical Monument |
| Condition | Ruined |
| Excavation dates |
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| Archaeologists |
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The castra of Hoghiz was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. The fort was built in the 2nd century AD, on the left bank of the Olt River, at a place where a Dacian settlement existing already in the 2nd century BC was unearthed. The fort and the nearby village were abandoned in the 3rd century AD. The ruins of the castra are located in Hoghiz, a village of Transylvania in Romania.