Porolissum

The roads of Rome have always been very famous. Well, I respect the people who did the one for the fort we have visited as the last attraction of our “3 in 1” one-day trip. The fort itself is obviously on a mountain-top allowing a clear visibility over all the surrounding areas. And how does one get up on the top? On a very-very steep upwards winding road, which in addition is also very narrow. Luckily at the time of our visit, nobody else was visiting, so we did not encounter “heavy-traffic” on the way up and we made it with one swing 🙂 .
Porolissum
The first thing one notices once on the mountain-top is the sheer beauty of the view. One can see to almost all neighboring counties from the top (duh, it was an outpost…) . If lucky, the curious visitor can catch one of the local tour-guides who can give some indications about the history of the place. There are some aspects of the story that is not written on the explanation-boards next to the various exhibits, so it is worth paying attention, the brief introduction only takes around 10 minutes.

The main idea is to visit all four gates (out of which one has entirely been reconstructed), have a look at the layout of the buildings, and check-out the remains of some sacred buildings withing the area. The ruins of a quite large amphitheater is also present on the opposite side of the main reconstructed gate. All the ruins have been reconstructed to around 1-2 m height by completing the base of the buildings with the same types of rocks. This gives more shape to the ruins giving a more clear overview of the layout, while also protecting the ruin itself from further erosion (just look for the barely visible curvy lines separating the original ruins and the “new ruins”).

I can say, that apart from the road leading up to it, the whole experience was the perfect cherry-top on an already event-full day. I can only recommend it to anyone, who is in the area 😉 .

More photos here.

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