Castra of Băneasa

Castra of Băneasa
Location within Romania
Founded	2nd century AD [1] [2]
Abandoned	3rd century AD [1] [2]
Place in the Roman world
Province	Dacia
Administrative unit	Dacia Apulensis
Administrative unit	Dacia Superior
Structure
— Wood and earth [3] structure —
Size and area	180 m × 126 m (2.2 [3] ha)
Location
Coordinates	43°56′29″N24°58′07″E / 43.94139°N 24.96861°E / 43.94139; 24.96861
Town	Băneasa
County	Teleorman
Country	Romania
Reference
RO-LMI	TR-I-m-B-14188.01 [2]
RO-RAN	153954.01 [1]
UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia
Criteria	Cultural: ii, iii, iv
Reference	1718-259
Inscription	2024 (46th Session)
Site notes
Recognition	UNESCO World Heritage Site National Historical Monument
Condition	Ruined

It was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia and part of the Roman frontier system of the Limes Transalutanus.

See also

• List of castra

Notes

1. "153954.01". National Archaeological Record of Romania (RAN). ran.cimec.ro. 2009-02-16. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
2. "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010" [2010 List of Historic Monuments](PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României ("Romania's Official Journal"). Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional. 1 October 2010. p. 2269. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
3. Dan, Matei (2006). "Trupe fără castre, castre fără trupe în Dacia" [Troops without castra, castra without troops in Dacia](PDF). Buletinul cercurilor ştiinţifice ştudenţeşti: Arheologie-istorie-muzeologie (in Romanian). 12. Alba Iulia: Ministerul Edicaţiei şi Cercetării, Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Facultatea de Istorie şi Filologie: 55–70. ISSN   1454-8097. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

External links

• Roman castra from Romania - Google Maps / Earth Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today