A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Sarmizegetusa (today Gradistea Muncelului) County was the capital of pre-Roman Dacia, located in the Orastie Mountains, in present-day Romania. Before the wars with the Roman Empire, Sarmizegetusa was also the most important military, religious and political center of the Dacians.
It’s a complex of sanctuaries situated on a cliff at an altitude of 1200 m, with a leading, large round sanctuary and the so-called “andesite sun” artifact.
The fortress, a strategic center of defense, has a quadrilateral (a four-sided polygon) shape and massive stone blocks with 3m thick and approximately 4-5m high walls, constructed on five terraces, an area of almost 30,000 m². The sacred zone of Sarmizegetusa includes several rectangular temples, and the bases of their supporting columns are still visible in regular arrays.
Perhaps the most enigmatic construction at the site is the large circular sanctuary.
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