{"id":4639,"date":"2025-03-16T09:18:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T07:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danubedelta.org\/?p=4639"},"modified":"2025-08-18T15:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:11:56","slug":"ibida-fortress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danubedelta.org\/en\/cetatea-ibida\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibida Fortress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ibida Fortress is an archaeological site located in north-eastern Dobrogea, on Romanian territory, near the town of Slava Rus\u0103, Tulcea county. It was an important fortified centre in the Roman and Byzantine period, having a strategic role in the defence of the Danube frontier of the Roman Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Roman period<\/strong>: Ibida was originally a Roman fortress, built to protect the northern border of the Roman Empire. It was included in the defence system of the Danube Limes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Byzantine period<\/strong>: After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the fortress continued to be utilised in the Byzantine period, being consolidated and enlarged. It served as a point of defence against migratory invasions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Abandon<\/strong>: The fortress was eventually abandoned, probably in the 6th-7th centuries, with the political and military changes in the region.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Structure:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • The fortress had massive walls, defensive towers and a well-organised urban structure, including churches, warehouses and dwellings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Ruins of early Christian churches have been discovered, indicating the presence of a Christian community from the 4th-5th centuries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Importance:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      • Ibida is a valuable archaeological site for understanding the military and social history of Dobrogea in antiquity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Archaeological excavations have uncovered numerous artefacts, including coins, pottery and tools, which provide insights into daily life and trade during this period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Ibida Fortress remains a point of interest for historians and archaeologists, offering a window into the region's rich past.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Cetatea Ibida este un sit arheologic situat \u00een nord-estul Dobrogei, pe teritoriul Rom\u00e2niei, l\u00e2ng\u0103 localitatea Slava Rus\u0103, jude\u021bul Tulcea. Aceasta a fost un important centru fortificat \u00een perioada roman\u0103 \u0219i bizantin\u0103, av\u00e2nd un rol strategic \u00een ap\u0103rarea frontierei dun\u0103rene a Imperiului Roman. Istoric: Structura: Importan\u021b\u0103: Cetatea Ibida r\u0103m\u00e2ne un punct de interes pentru istorici \u0219i […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"_jet_sm_ready_style":"","_jet_sm_style":"","_jet_sm_controls_values":"","_jet_sm_fonts_collection":"","_jet_sm_fonts_links":"","adresa_gps":"Cetatea Ibida","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atractii-turistice"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danubedelta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danubedelta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danubedelta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danubedelta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danubedelta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/danubedelta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danubedelta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danubedelta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danubedelta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danubedelta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4639"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danubedelta.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}