Buridava

Buridava
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Buridava is located in Romania
Buridava
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Alternative nameBurridava, Burridaua
LocationStolniceni, Vâlcea, Romania
Coordinates45°04′46″N 24°17′15″E / 45.079352°N 24.287605°E / 45.079352; 24.287605
Altitude350 m (1,148 ft)
History
CulturesBuri
Site notes
Archaeologists
ConditionRuined
Reference no.VL-I-s-B-09556 [1]

Buridava (Burridava) was a Dacian town[2] situated in Dacia, later Dacia Apulensis, now Romania, on the banks of the river Aluta, now Olt.[3]

Later a Roman fort (Buridava castra) was built there.

  1. ^ "National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania, Vâlcea County" (PDF). inmi.ro. Retrieved 18 October 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Olteanu, Toponyms.
  3. ^ Grant 1986, p. 125.