Costești-Blidaru Dacian fortress

Coordinates: 45°40′04″N 23°09′46″E / 45.667785°N 23.162786°E

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Costești-Blidaru Dacian fortress
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Gate tower
Shown within Romania
Location	Blidaru, Costești, Romania
Coordinates	45°40′04″N 23°09′46″E / 45.667785°N 23.162786°E / 45.667785; 23.162786
Altitude	750 m (2,461 ft)
Events	Trajan's Dacian Wars
Site notes
Condition	Ruined

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Reference no.	906

Monument istoric
Reference no.	HD-I-s-A-03181 ^[1]

The Costești-Blidaru Dacian fortress is the ruin of a Dacian fortified town in present-day Romania. Located near Costești village in Hunedoara County, it belongs to the Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains World Heritage Site. The fortress was built in the 1st century BC, during Burebista's rule, with the purpose of defending the area against the Romans.

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^ "National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania, Hunedoara County" (PDF). www.inmi.ro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

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