Porolissum Fortress

Porolissum Fortress is one of the largest and best preserved Roman Castra and it is located on Pomat Magura hill, near Moigrad Porolissum village, located within Salaj County at 504 meters altitude. The archaeological site is situated 15 kilometers away from the county seat, Zalau. Despite its imposing dimensions, approximately the size of 10 football courts, the castrum has been very well preserved in time.

Porolissum used to be an old Roman City in Dacia, being used as a military camp starting 106. After the culmination of the Dacian-Roman wars, the city became the capital of Dacia Porolissensis province, due to its strong economic activity at that time. The initial structure of wood and stone foundations, would house nearly 5,000 soldiers. Later one, the fortification was enlarged and rebuilt in stone, with defense walls and ditches, as well as several smaller castra.

The first excavations carried out in the area since 1970 show that it was inhabited for a long time after 271 and that Dacians settled around it after the wars. Inscriptions with the names of important figures of those times were discovered – Dacian-Roman names. Following researches, the remains of some military equipment used at the time and then the civil city were discovered there, which include: public baths, a temple, an amphitheater, as well as a few human settlements. The importance of this ancient archaeological site lies not only in its impressive size, but in the fact that it was very well preserved despite the lapse of time.The archaeologists have unveiled so far three rooms and the building’s corner walls.

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