HISTRIA Fortress, Istria, Constanta, Romania
Histria was founded by Greek colonists from Milet, in the 7th century BC. The settlement main economic activities were agriculture and trade, and it consisted of villages, farms, sanctuaries and all that come into the organized urban area, surrounded with precinct defence system on the territory of influence, in order to control the neighboring areas with natural resources. The propitious location which provided a safe mooring place, a productive rural territory, the vicinity of river Istros, as well as an
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