Cetatea Fagaras, Fagaras Fortress in May 2006 - Romania

Ladislaw Kan started to build it in 1310 on the former place of a 12th century wooden fortress strengthened by earthen walled fortifications. Tartars had burned down the former fortress in 1241. The fort was enlarged and rebuilt in the 15th-17th centuries in the Transylvanian Renaissance style.

Fagaras fortress is one of the most well preserved medieval castles in Romania. The castle has 80 rooms, and is surrounded by a deep and wide moat. The citadel was ranked among the strongest in Transylvania, standing up to Turkish and Tartar invasions. Access is made through a bridge over the defense moat. At the center of the citadel stands the castle. It has three levels (basement, ground floor, and first floor) and five towers (the Red Tower, the Black Tower, the Prison's Tower, Tomori Tower and the Motley Tower). Inside is the Museum of Fagaras Country; comprised of an archaeology section, which render the evolution of the Fagaras borough; history section, which display Roman artifacts and a collection of medieval weapons, and ethnographic section, which focus on artistic and folk crafts in the area

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[azuuu008]

cetate a la romania ce sa mai zic

[SuntRko]

faina pe dinafaara da sa o vezi inauntru=))=))=)) e distrusa=)) numa boschetarii

[killer155ify]

najpha rau..cetathea..:-@

[CatalinKovacs]

Frumos

[AlexAcE1]

stiu

[danailie]

dragutza