SARMIZEGETUSA REGIA, Romania
Tourists rest near the Andesite Sun, an ancient sundial inside Sarmizegetusa Regia
Tourists rest near the Andesite Sun, an ancient sundial inside Sarmizegetusa Regia, the former capital of Dacia prior to the year 102 and 106 wars with the Roman empire, now a tourist site in the Orastie mountains, 381 km (237 miles) northwest of Bucharest, August 1, 2011. Sarmizegetusa was the most important political, religious and military center of Dacians, the former inhabitants of Romania, being the core of six fortresses forming a strategic defensive system. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti (ROMANIA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL)