Densuș Monastery

Densuș Monastery is located near from the former Roman Dacia capital, called Sarmizegetusa. It is an odd but very elegant church. Its oddity generated many controversies between scientists, eager to find its origins. Some had considered that the church was first a mausoleum for Roman general Longinus Maximus, killed by the Dacians; others that it was a temple for Mars god. Although many investigations were made, the monument remains mystery. It is assumed that the old church was modified along the centuries. Built from river rocks, bricks with Roman inscriptions, funerary stones, canalizations, etc., taken from Ulpia Traiana, the Densus church has a bizarre aspect, being admired but also looked with astonishment. In the interior some fragments of paintings still exist.