The Largest Preistoric Fortification in Europe "Cornesti- Iarcuri"(1500-1000 B.C.)

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THE LARGEST PREISTORIC FORTIFICATION IN EUROPE
"CORNESTI - IARCURI"- BANAT, ROMANIA

A massive Late Bronze Age (1500- 1100 BC) fortified settlement in Romania

The site, located in the plains of the Banat in western Romania, is almost 6 km across, dwarfing any other known prehistoric settlement in Europe.

A massive Late Bronze Age fortified settlement in Central Europe has been the subject of a new and exemplary investigation by excavation and site survey.
This prehistoric enclosure, nearly 6 km across, had a complex development, dense occupation and signs of destruction by fire. It can hardly be other than a capital city playing a role in the determinant struggle sofitsday—weighty and far reaching events of the European continent now being chronicled by archaeology.

The total area of over 1700ha is that of the outermost ring (Enclosure IV), which measures 5.5 km east–west and c . 3.9 km north–south, with a perimeter length of almost 16 km.


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Coordinates:   45°56'4"N   21°14'9"E

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  • Ring of Jadani ist not the Largest Preistoric Fortification in Europe. The Largest Preistoric Fortification in Europe is Gelonus - the capital of the Scythian tribe Budni. Coordinates : 50° 4'1.66"N, 34°41'54.76"E. The total length of the ramparts is 33 km. The archeological site around Belsk, including necropolis, comprises about 80 km², and the fortifications enclose some 40 km². The fortified settlement of Gelonus was reached by the Persian army of Darius in his assault on Scythia during the 5th century BC, already burned to the ground, the Budni having abandoned it before the Persian advance.The remains of walls up to 12 metres are visible today.
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