In 1986, systematic archaeological research started on the perimeter of the antic thermal complex site, in the center of the Geoagiu Băi resort. This research identified a thermal complex like no other in the world, it owing its uniqueness to the way it’s organizes, the placement of the pools, and the mobile inventory discovered here.…
Dating: 2nd-3rd century AD The Roman Road connected the Cigmău castra and the Roman baths with the auriferous area of Săcărâmb. In ancient times, it was called “The Gold Route”. The road is paved with polygonal tiles. In some areas, archaeologists discovered a depth of up to 70 centimeters, which explains it existing nowadays. The…
Here, on CÂMPUL PÂINII, on October 13th 1479, an army led by Transylvanian voivode Stefan Báthory, Serbian despot Vuk Brankovic, former Wallachian ruler Basarab The Old, and general Pavel Chinezul defeated a large Ottoman army led by bey Ali Kodsa. The latter was also supported by a Wallachian contingent led by the actual ruler of…
On the right bank of the Mureș river, near Cigmău village, in a place called “Cetatea Urieșilor” (The City of Giants), a roman military castra was discovered. Its purpose was to guard and defend the road that linked Ulpia Traiana Sarmisegetusa and Micia (nowadays Vețel), with Apulum (the modern day Alba Iulia) and “The Gold…
