Castra of Cincșor

Castra of Cincșor
Location within Romania
Known also asCastra of Voila
Founded2nd century AD
Abandoned3rd century AD
Place in the Roman world
ProvinceDacia
Administrative unitDacia Apulensis
Administrative unitDacia Superior
LimesAlutanus
Nearby waterAlutus
Directly connected to
Structure
— Stone structure —
Size and area(2.5 ha)
Stationed military units
Cohorts
II Flavia Bessorum
Location
Coordinates45°50′33″N 24°52′00″E / 45.84252°N 24.86661°E / 45.84252; 24.86661
Altitude545 m (1,788 ft)
Place nameGrădiște
TownCincşor
CountyBrașov
Country Romania
Reference
RO-LMIBV-I-s-A-11266
RO-RAN42325.01
UNESCO
Part ofFrontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia
CriteriaCultural: ii, iii, iv
Reference1718-229
Inscription2024 (46th Session)
Site notes
Recognition UNESCO World Heritage Site
National Historical Monument
ConditionRuined
Excavation dates
  • 1980
  • 1988
  • 1991
Archaeologists
  • L. I. Pop
  • L. Dumitru
  • L. Petculescu
  • E. Oberländer–Târnoveanu
  • D. Isac

The castra of Cincșor was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD and part of the frontier system of the Limes Alutanus.