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2521 ROMANIA (Hunedoara) - Densuş Church (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)

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Located in Haţeg Country, at few kilometers far from Ulpia Traiana Sarmisegetusa, the capital of Roman Dacia, the Densuş Church (also known as St Nicholas' Church), is the oldest church in Romania in which services are still officiated. Some historians say that it was built on the ruins of a pre-Christian edifice in Dacia, others believe that it was built on the foundation of a temple dedicated to god Mars, many say that the church was initially a mausoleum dedicated to general Longinus Maximus that was killed by the Dacians.

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