39. MUSEUM OF ROMANATI - CARACAL

Location:

26 Iancu Jianu street, Caracal phone: +40 249 511 344 muzeulromanatiuluicaracal@yahoo.com

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Opening hours: 08:00-16:00 /Monday-Thursday/ 09:00-13:00 /Saturday-Sunday/

www.caracal.museum.com


Municipal museum, with Archaeology profile, the institution hosts collections of ceramics, opaques, gems, fibula, inscriptions, statues and coins of the Roman age, coming from the Dobrosloveni (Romula) and Hotarani sites. The Lapidarium is located at the entrance of the museum, a valuable sector, which consists of over 20 pieces: sarcoph­agi, gates, funerary stones, supplies vessels. The resistance piece is the sarcophagus of Aelius Iulius Iulianus (3rd century AD), with the dimensions of 2.30 x 1.08 x 1.54 m, made of limestone from Vratsa, with beautiful sculptural ornaments; according to the inscription, the sarcophagus was raised by the deceased’s wife, Valeria Gaemellina, along with the children. The sarcophagus was discovered near Romula in the Hotarani necropolis in 1952.