Antique Lithograph: Rohbock - Praetorium, Mehadia - 1864 | Old Prints about Romania

Antique Lithograph: Rohbock - Praetorium, Mehadia - 1864

Posted by Iulian Lucaci on May 15, 2026 · 1 min read
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1864 Rohbock lithograph of Praetorium (castra of Mehadia) © transylvaniadigitalantiques.com

Title

Rohbock - Praetorium, Mehadia - 1864

Description

Old lithography signed by Ludwig Rohbock and included in “Ungarn und Siebenbürgen in malerischen Original-Ansichten”, publisher Gustav Georg Lange, Darmstadt 1863-1864 with texts by János Hunfalvy. The engraving captures the Praetorium Castrum near the Cerna Valley and the Roman road leading toward the famous thermal baths Bad Mehadia / Baile Herculane, which now is an UNESCO World Heritage Site beeing part of Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Dacia.

Date

1864 ( undated )

Dimension

Picture size approx.: 11 x 16 cm

Author:

Ludwig Rohbock (1824–1893) was a German artist, renowed for his detailed architectural and landscape depictions across Central Europe.

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