HISTRIA FORTRESS

Discovered in 1914 by the historian Vasile Parvan, Histria Fortress was founded in the 8^th century B.C. by the Greek colonists from Millet. The dynamic commercial exchanges, the developed agriculture, as well as the high political activity made of Histria one of the most prosperous  ancient towns at the time. The fortress suffered a lot of changes , such as: the Roman conquest , then the rule of the Dacian king, Burebista, and again the Roman conquest, when the town enjoyed a quiet period. The numerous barbarians' attacks, associated with the negative effects of the gulf sending-up process, will finally lead to the fortress's decay and its abandon in the 7^th century A.D.

Having discovered the ruins in 1914, a lot of archeological research campaigns revealed  Histria' s vestiges, permitting a large part of the fortress be cleared up and fit for visiting.

The large stone-stabled pavements  of the fortress leads our steps to Histria's former district ruins ; still visible nowadays are parts of walls, columns, inscriptionated pedestals,  traces of the well – known mosaic paved thermae, the limestone ruins of a temple dedicated to Zeus or Afrodite, all  remembering of the  flourishing and prosperous ancient town.

Not far away from the fortress there is a museum, joining the most important testimonies of the fortress history – Greek amphoras, Latin inscriptions, jewelry, tools and guns since Hellenistic period, then Roman and Roman- Byzantine Age. 

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