Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Over the centuries, Histria became a key commercial port, superseding even that at Constanţa. But subsequent
Goth attacks coupled with the gradual sand-locking of the harbour led to its equally rapid decline. By the 7th cen-
tury AD the town was abandoned. Its ruins were discovered and excavated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Relics uncovered at the site are displayed in the Histria
Archaeological Complex & Museum
(
www.cimec.ro
;
Istria; admission 15 lei; 9am-8pm)
. From the entrance to the site, paths lead visitors through the ancient city's
remains, and pass by the big tower into the western sector, where most of the public buildings, the thermal baths and
the civil basilica stood. Close by is the Christian basilica, built with stones from the old theatre in the 6th century
AD.
On the cliffs in the eastern sector is the 'sacred zone'
(zona sacră)
, where archaeologists have uncovered the re-
mains of a Greek temple believed to have been built at the end of the 6th century BC.
