Realm
Editorial atlas
Ancient settlements, Dacian roads, ruins, and signs left by people who disappeared, but not entirely.
Photo: Legends of Romania
Dossier
Here, the past is not entirely past, but lingers somehow in stone, in earth, or in the shape of a hill.
Available traces
6
Available journeys
2
Status
Active
Real places
Photo: Krunch13 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and optimised for the web
The ruins of a medieval fortress on a forested summit between Băile Bálványos and Turia, where stone, mist, and legend still hold the place together.
Bálványos Fortress · Bálványos / Turia
Legend · Map
Photo: Giuseppe Milo · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and optimised for the web
A medieval fortification transformed into a residence, museum, and stone palimpsest, where each period left walls, images, and promises interpreted differently.
Corvin Castle · Hunedoara / gateway to Hațeg Country
Legend · Map
Photo: Sebastian Mierzwa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and optimised for the web
A living medieval church built with reused Roman fragments, where stone, painting, and community care belong to different periods.
St Nicholas Church, Densuș · Hațeg Country
Legend · Map
Image: Franz/Ferenc Nopcsa · Public domain · full 1900 plate preserved, optimised for the web, and displayed with tonal treatment
A community visitor centre, a research story that began near Sânpetru, and rocks preserving an island world far more varied than the phrase ‘dwarf dinosaurs’ suggests.
House of Dwarf Dinosaurs, Sânpetru · Hațeg Country
Legend · Map
Photo: Razvan Socol · CC BY-SA 3.0 Romania · photograph from 25 August 2012, cropped and optimised for the web; does not show current access conditions
A Roman city in Hațeg Country, where streets, the forum and small objects preserve traces of a world of institutions, crafts and people.
Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa · Hațeg Country
Legend · Map
Photo: Leontin l · CC BY-SA 4.0 · photograph from 21 October 2019, cropped and optimised for the web; does not confirm current access conditions
A medieval church, a manuscript and pilgrimage within a living monastic community in Hațeg Country.
Prislop Monastery · Silvașu de Sus · Hațeg Country
Legend · MapItineraries
Photo: Várkonyi Tibor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and optimised for the web
A weekend journey through volcanic places, silent waters, peat bogs, sulphurous caves, ruins, and watchful cliffs.
Includes
5 Traces
Photo: Razvan Socol · CC BY-SA 3.0 Romania · photograph from 25 August 2012, cropped and optimised for the web; does not show current access conditions
Two days between Prislop, Densuș, the Roman city of Ulpia Traiana and the House of Dwarf Dinosaurs.
Includes
4 Traces