Jidova Roman Fort

Built between AD 190 and 211, under the emperors Commodus and Septimius Severus, the Jidova (Jidava) Roman Fort was considered the most important defensive fort on the Limes Transalutanus. Its job was to control the roads leading to the Bran Pass.

After frequent invasions, mostly by the Free Dacians, the fort was destroyed in 244-245.

The archaeologist Dimitrie Butculescu discovered it in 1876. Excavations after 1962 uncovered the walls and the interior, along with 3rd-century coins, arrowheads, clay pots and other finds that you can see in the museum at the fort.