The Roman Fort of Porolissum-Moigrad, the portal to the history and civilization of the Roman Empire in Romania

The Roman Fort of Porolissum-Moigrad, the portal to the history and civilization of the Roman Empire in Romania

Hello everyone

I just got back home from a wonderful holiday and my mind is still on the holiday, although I have to get used to the thought of starting work again tomorrow, but still I wanted to keep the holiday vibe and I thought I would share with you an amazing place full of history that I visited a few weeks ago, the Roman Fort of Porolissum.

My holidays are not only about the beach, fine sand, sun, boat rides but also about exploring historical areas, areas that have an important past for us as a people.

But let's see where this place is located.

The Roman Fort is located in the village of Moigrad, a few kilometers from Zalău in Sălaj county.

Our trip here took us about 4 hours and we drove 255 kilometers, yes I know it took us extremely long, but in this part of Romania we do not have highways but only national, county or municipal roads and the speed of travel is relatively slow.

The road is relatively good, in a few places there was some rehabilitation work, but overall it really is a road through some amazing areas.

The location of this archaeological site is well signposted the only problem we had was exactly the last part to get to its parking lot, in fact it was a narrow one-way road with no signs to the parking lot, so we drove up there twice.

We overlooked this and our first stop was at the ticket office, tickets cost 10lei/person, visiting hours are daily in the summer season between 09-21.00, hours may be different in the winter season.

At the ticket office we met an extremely nice gentleman who explained us what we can see inside the site and which are the most important points not to miss, so we found out about the ,,Praetoria Gate" and the ,,Roman Amphitheatre".

But let's start with the ruins of the first objective, namely the Roman Customs, and then continue to visit the site on the old Roman road, a road paved with stones that is still very well preserved today.

Here we also find places where we can relax a bit.

Also here at the beginning we have information boards showing the routes to visit the Roman Fort.

Since those times there were aqueducts that managed to capture water and bring it inside the Roman Fort but besides these there were also fountains that provided the water source like this one in the picture.

We follow in the footsteps of history and walk further through a green area with many flowers and reach the ruins of a dwelling and the old temple.

Suddenly we arrive in front of the "Praetoria Gate", the first objective that the gentleman at the ticket office told us about.

An imposing construction with two large towers linked together, it seems that here was the entrance to the castle and to other important places here, namely Principia - the Headquarters Building, Horreum (granary), and the second point of interest Amphitheatre.

The amphitheatre was originally built of wood but by order of the emperor it was completely rebuilt in stone around 157, this amphitheatre was usually used on feast days for all kinds of events dedicated to the emperor, it is hard to say if there were ever gladiator fights here, this remains an enigma.

My dear followers and visitors, this is the end of our visit today from this historical place in the village of Moigrad, Sălaj county.

If you liked what you saw and read here please don't forget to give a LiKe, Follow, reBlog or a Comment, for all this I thank you, and until the next post I say goodbye.

P.S. The attached pictures you have just seen are taken by me with my mobile phone, and the text is also designed by me.

Yours @triplug!😊