Built in the 1st centuries B.C. and A.D. under Dacian rule, these fortresses show an unusual fusion of military and religious architectural techniques and concepts from the classical world and the late European Iron Age. The six defensive works, the nucleus of the Dacian Kingdom, were conquered by the Romans at the beginning of the 2nd century A.D. Source: UNESCO TV / © NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai URL: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/906/
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Kyokai, U. T. N. N. H. (2018, September 05). Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains (UNESCO/NHK). World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/video/1457/dacian-fortresses-of-the-orastie-mountains-unescon/
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