Oltenia
Vâlcea County
Râmnicu Vâlcea

Buridava

Castra Buridava was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia, part of the frontier system of the Limes Alutanus, and near the Dacian and Roman town of Buridava.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Roman fort in Dacia
  • Also known as: “Castra Buridava” and “Castra of Stolniceni”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stolniceni and Bârsești.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of Buridava.

Village
Photo: Blei, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 5 km east of Buridava.

Buridava

Latitude
45.0339° or 45° 2′ 2″ north
Longitude
24.30405° or 24° 18′ 15″ east
Open location code
8GQ628M3+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3736907528
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q612849
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In Other Languages

From German to Romanian—“Buridava” goes by many names.
  • German: “Kastell Stolniceni”
  • Romanian: “Castrul roman Buridava”
  • Romanian: “Situl arheologic „Buridava Romană” Stolniceni”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Buridava”. Photo: Saturnian, CC BY-SA 3.0.