Castles and Palaces

Romania

 

Transylvania

 

Sighisoara

 

Brasov

 
               

Transylvania is a Romanian province situated in the north-west of the country.
You can visit here well known Medieval Towns dating from the 14th century as Brasov, Sighisoara and Sibiu.
Sighisoara is renewed by its architecture dating from 14 century.
You have to walk up from the city to the medieval citadel and enter throwgh the 60-meter-tall clock tower (built in 1360).
The ocher-colored house named "Casa Vlad Dracul", where the father of Vlad Tepes, better known as Dracula, once lived, now is a cozy restaurant. You can find inside Gothic-style furniture and serve good soups and traditional Romanian dishes.
The convered stairway with 176 steps was made in 17 century. Museums, the Church on trop of the Hill (14th century) and the Monastery Church (15th century) both built in the Gothic style are attractions for numerous tourists.

If you came in Romania in August don't miss the "Medieval Art and Theatre Festival" that take place one week every year in the "Pearl of Transylvania" (Sighisoara). Actors wearing medieval clothes play drama in the citadel and music bands play on an installed stage in the center of the city. Beer and "mici" (traditional prepared meat) are provided by all the brand name beer factories from Romania during the festival.

 

Citadel Clock Tower in Sighisoara by night


 

Bran Castle, well known as Dracula's Castle

Huniazi Castle (14th Century) in Hunedoara

Fagaras Castle (15th Century)


Ceausescu Palace in Bucharest

Peles Castle in Sinaia

"The town of "Sighisoara is the most enchanting of all the Transylvanian towns. Its medieval buildings, gilded roofs and towers have been unspoiled by war or modern industry. The Citadel, built by the Saxons in the 12th Cent., rises above the town and is preserved as a museum. The notorious Vlad Tepes, popularly called Dracula, was born in this town."

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