The urban remodeling works of the center of Dej gave archaeologists from the National History Museum of Transylvania the opportunity to investigate a segment of the urban tissue behind the Protestant church, covered by the Small Park. The stone foundations of three buildings that can be dated in the 16th century - the middle of the 19th century and wooden structures, traces of older buildings and storage spaces that, according to the preserved archaeological material in their contents, can be dated, were identified. the earliest, in the 15th century. Segments of the city's fortification wall, most probably built after the middle of the 17th century, have also been identified.
