DESCOPERIRI ARHEOLOGICE DE EPOCĂ PREMODERNĂ LA ALBA IULIA
PREMODERN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES FROM ALBA IULIA

Summary/Abstract: The authors present two archaeological researches carried out in the north-western area of the Medieval and premodern town of Alba Iulia. The dwellings were probably destroyed on the occasion of the Turkish-Tatar invasions in the years 1658 and 1661, or by another causes. The archaeological excavations confirm the tragic events in the history of the Medieval and premodern city, as attested by literary sources. We note, from an archaeological point of view, the black stage in the evolution of the town of Alba Iulia. The two Turkish-Tatar invasions did not allow this city to recover economically and architecturally. The last princes preferred to live in the city of Făgăraş, because the fortification from Alba Iulia was outdated in terms of military technology of the time. The plan signed by the Italian architect Giovanni Morando Visconti from 1711 revealed the extent of the medieval and premodern city around the castle, before fortifications were built by the Habsburgs. We tried to locate, aproximatively, the points investigated by us on this plan. It seems that our houses were on the limits of town, in an area highly exposed to the danger of an invasion.

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