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Romania: Region: Europe and North America ... is the old historic center of the town of Sighișoara (German ... fortified in 1603, partially destroyed in 1606 ...
The Fortress of Arad is a fortification system built in the city of Arad, Romania, on the left bank of the Mureș River in the 18th century at the direct order of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa. The fortress today lies in the city's Subcetate neighbourhood, on the former military border between the Habsburg Empire and the Ottoman Empire .
In Eastern Europe and Southeastern Europe, Sighișoara is one of the few fortified towns that are still inhabited. The town is made up of two parts. The medieval stronghold was built on top of a hill and is known as the Citadel (Cetatea). The lower town lies in the valley of Târnava Mare river.
One year later, it was ranked "Europe's 8th-most idyllic place to live" by Forbes. [9] In 2019, Sibiu was named the European Region of Gastronomy. [10] Sibiu hosted the European Wandering Capital event in 2021, the most important tourist wandering event in Europe. [11] [12] A European Union summit was also hosted by the town in 2019.
It was a Dacian fortified town, built in the 1st centuries B.C. and A.D.. It showcases a combination of religious and military architecture, stemming from the late European Iron Age and the classical world. It was eventually conquered by the Romans at the start of the 2nd century A.D..
It is situated on a 120 m high basalt cliff, to the west of the Transylvanian town of Rupea in Romania. [2] The fortress is located on DN13, 70 km from Brașov , on the road to Sighișoara . Following a period of restoration from 2010 to 2013, the fortress had over 10,000 monthly visitors by 2014.
It is a well-preserved example of a small fortified medieval town shaped by the interactions of cultures from Central Europe and the Byzantine-Orthodox Southeastern Europe. It was founded by the Transylvanian Saxons, a community of German merchants and craftsmen. They have lived in the region for over 850 years, however, due to immigration in ...
The south-eastern Transylvania region in Romania currently has one of the highest numbers of existing fortified churches from the 13th to 16th centuries. It has more than 150 well preserved fortified churches of a great variety of architectural styles (out of an original 300 fortified churches).