CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Petrila it runs 400 km to Petrila; allow about 10 h 13 of riding. The stops in between: Sarmizegetusa - Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augu, Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân and back through Sarmizegetusa - Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augu. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,450 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
Comărnicel is the name on the map, and the Dacian fortresses of the Orăștie mountains, listed by UNESCO in 1999, are the reason this country matters. Here, in the first century BC and the first century AD, the Dacian kings built stone citadels on mountain tops, with terraces, walls and sacred precincts, the grandest of them Sarmizegetusa Regia, not far to the north-west.
Read the complete Comărnicel I write-up.
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Comărnicel I is where the day begins. Next is Sarmizegetusa - Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augu.
After conquering Dacia in AD 106, the emperor Trajan founded a new capital for the province in the Hațeg basin, and named it Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa, borrowing the name of the Dacian royal capital in the Orăștie mountains to the north-east. The city grew into a prosperous centre, with a forum, temples, baths, and an amphitheatre that could seat thousands, and its ruins, partly excavated, lie in fields beside the modern village of Sarmizegetusa. The site has a museum, and you can walk around the forum and the amphitheatre, imagining the gladiatorial games that once filled it.
Read the complete Sarmizegetusa - Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augu write-up.
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Sarmizegetusa - Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augu comes up 65 km in. Next is Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân.
Where the Bistra and Timiș rivers meet, the Romans built one of the more important towns in their province of Dacia. Tibiscum, near the village of Jupa, grew from a fort into a sizeable settlement, and the low foundations, streets and bath remains can still be walked today with a small museum alongside. Iaz and Satu Bătrân are the neighbouring places on the map, and the whole district sits in the Caransebeș basin, hemmed in by the Țarcu and Semenic mountains.
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130 km in you reach Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân. Next is back through Sarmizegetusa - Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augu.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sarmizegetusa - Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augu write-up.
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back through Sarmizegetusa - Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augu, late in the day. Next is Comărnicel I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Comărnicel I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Comărnicel I. That is the ride.
Comărnicel I → Sarmizegetusa - Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augu is 68 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Sarmizegetusa - Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augu → Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Iaz Tibiscum / Satu Bătrân → back through Sarmizegetusa - Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augu is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sarmizegetusa - Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augu → Comărnicel I is 68 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.