Dacian fortress of Covasna
The Dacian fortress of Covasna served as a Dacian fortified town and is rated to have been built in the 1st century BC. It sits on a mountain in the Brețcu-Oituz Mountains above the town of Covasna, which is 227 km from the capital of Bucharest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Adi Szalma, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Biserica Ortodoxă „Sfântul Nicolae” Covasna and Statue of the Romanian soldier in Covasna.
Biserica Ortodoxă „Sfântul Nicolae” Covasna
Church
Photo: Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
Biserica Ortodoxă „Sfântul Nicolae” Covasna is a church, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Dacian fortress of Covasna.
Statue of the Romanian soldier in Covasna
Work of art
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Statue of the Romanian soldier in Covasna is a work of art, which is situated 4 km northwest of Dacian fortress of Covasna.
Casa parohială
Building
Photo: Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
Casa parohială is a building, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Dacian fortress of Covasna.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Păpăuți and Zăbala.
Păpăuți
Village
Păpăuți is a village, which is situated 7 km southwest of Dacian fortress of Covasna.
Zăbala
Village
Photo: Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zăbala is a village, which is situated 8 km north of Dacian fortress of Covasna.
Pachia
Village
Photo: Markolaci, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pachia is a village, which is situated 8 km west of Dacian fortress of Covasna.
Dacian fortress of Covasna
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Dacian fortified town
- Categories: dava, destroyed building or structure, tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Oraş Covasna, Covasna County, Szeklerland, Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
45.82736° or 45° 49′ 39″ northLongitude
26.22249° or 26° 13′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8GQ8R6GC+WXOpenStreetMap ID
way 307356535OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5207628
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In Other Languages
From Hungarian to Romanian—“Dacian fortress of Covasna” goes by many names.
- Hungarian: “Tündér Ilona vára”
- Romanian: “Cetatea dacica de la Covasna”
- Romanian: “Cetatea dacică de la Covasna”
- Romanian: “Cetatea Zânelor”
- Romanian: “Cod:LMI:CV-I-s-A-13058”
- Romanian: “Situl arheologic de la Covasna, „Cetatea Zânelor””
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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 “Dacian fortress of Covasna”. Photo: Adi Szalma, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.