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The Alba Carolina Citadel (Romanian: Cetatea Alba Carolina, Hungarian: Gyulafehérvári vár) is a star-shaped fortress located in Alba Iulia, Romania. [4] [5] [6] [7 ...
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 ...
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).
Naarden is one of the best preserved fortified cities in Europe, featuring a double system of moats and walls, built in the 17th century. The inner wall features numerous tunnels, casemates, and barracks. Nieuwpoort, South Holland: South Holland Yes The city wall remains intact.
The Evangelical Lutheran fortified church in Turnișor (German: Neppendorf), belonging to the local Transylvanian Landler community. In 2007, Sibiu was the European Capital of Culture (alongside Luxembourg City). This was the most important cultural event that has ever happened in the town, and a great number of tourists came, both domestic and ...
Before the discovery of America, the area was the main European source of gold. Important remains date from Roman times, when the mining town of Alburnus Maior was founded. In the medieval period, mining was mostly carried out by families of peasant-miners, this pre-industrial practice continued until the nationalisation in 1948. [ 16 ]
Maramureș (7). Apafi Castle, Coștiui Blomberg Castle, Gârdani Chioar Fortress (Kővár vára), BerchezoaiaSeini Fortress, Seini Teleki Castle, Coltău Teleki Castle, Pribilești
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.