From Ulmetum,
on the same road, you return to the national road and after
around 22 km, at the crossroads from Hanul Morilor you can
turn the left on the asphalted road which leads to Topalu (Capidava),
or you can continue on the road further, to Harsova. The
searches and the discoveries made in the last years proved
that Harsova and its surroundings represent one of the
richest archaeological centres of Dobrogea. There the
archaeologists found the ruins of a Roman fortification,
created by the Emperor Traian in 103 AD, and of a Byzantine
fortress built in the 10th – 11th c.
AD.
The Byzantine stronghold,
albeit well preserved, was never too much explored. Some
diggings and especially inscriptions complete the
architectural image of the site.
The underneath stronghold,
located in a block out of a cliff, is flanked by two huge
columns made of calcareous stone. There is a stone curtain
of entrenchment between these two strong points, the face of
the wall being made of small cubic blocks of stone.
