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Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

s are declared historic monuments by the Romanian Culture Ministry. This is a list of castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

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Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

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Major castles

Bonţida Bánffy Castle
Bontida Bánffy Castle
Bánffy Castle is an architectonic Baroque monument situated in Bonţida, a village in the vicinity of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was owned by the Bánffy family...
Bran Castle
Bran Castle
Bran Castle , situated near Bran and in the immediate vicinity of Braşov, is a national monument and landmark in Romania. The fortress is situated on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia, on DN73...
Făgăraş Castle
Hunyad Castle
Hunyad Castle
The Huniad Castle is a Gothic-Renaissance castle in Hunedoara , present-day Romania.- History :...
Lázár Castle
Lázár Castle
Lazar Castle is a castle located in Lăzarea, Harghita County, Romania. The citadel is named after Lázár nobile family and it is built on a combination of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance styles.- See also :* List of castles in Romania...
Mikó Castle
Peleş Castle
Peles Castle
Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914...
Pelişor Castle
Pelisor
Pelişor Castle is a castle in Sinaia, Romania, part of the same complex as the larger castle of Peleş. It was built in 1899–1903 by order of King Carol I, as the residence for his nephew and heir, the future King Ferdinand and Ferdinand's consort Queen Marie.In 2006, it was decided that the palace...
Săvârşin Castle
Săvârşin Castle
The Royal castle of Săvârşin, near Arad, Transylvania, is the country seat of King Michael I of Romania. While the castle was seized from the Royal Family by Communist authorities, in 2000, a Romanian court ordered that the building be restored to King Michael I.-See also:*Romanian Royal...
Sighişoara Citadel
Sighisoara Citadel
The Sighișoara Citadel is the old historic center of the town of Sighișoara , Romania, built in the 12th century by Saxon colonists under the Latin name Castrum Sex...

Banat

Timiş County

Banloc Castle, Banloc
Mercy Castle, Carani
Sânandrei
Sânandrei is a commune in Timiş County, Banat, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Carani, Covaci and Sânandrei.In 1930, Sânandrei was 79.6% German. By 2002, it was over 92% Romanian.-Geography:...
Huniade Castle
Huniade Castle
The Huniade Castle is the oldest monument of Timişoara, built between 1443 and 1447 by John Hunyadi over the old royal castle dating from the 14th century ....

, Timişoara
Timisoara
Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...

Crişana

Arad County

Misici Castle, Lipova
Lipova, Arad
Lipova is a town in Romania, Arad County, located in the Banat region of western Transylvania. It is situated at a distance of 34 km from Arad, the county capital, at the contact zone of the Mureș River with the Zarand Mountains, Western Plateau and Lipovei Hills...
Bohuş Castle, Şiria
Cernovici Castle, Macea
Macea, Arad
Macea is a commune in Arad County, Romania, composed of two villages, Macea and Sânmartin. It is located 23 km from Arad and 6 km from Curtici.-Population:...
Dietrich-Sukowsky Castle, Pâncota
Konopi Castle, Odvoş
Kövér-Appel Castle, Fântânele
Fântânele, Arad
Fântânele is a commune in Arad County, Romania. The commune is situated on the Vingăi Plateau, on the left bank of the Mureș River. It is composed of two villages: Fântânele and Tisa Nouă...
Mocioni Castle, Bulci
Mocioni-Teleki Castle, Căpâlnaş
Teleki Castle, Căpâlnaş
Castle Nopcea, Arad
Arad, Romania
Arad is the capital city of Arad County, in western Romania, in the Crişana region, on the river Mureş.An important industrial center and transportation hub, Arad is also the seat of a Romanian Orthodox archbishop and features two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training...
Săvârşin Castle
Săvârşin Castle
The Royal castle of Săvârşin, near Arad, Transylvania, is the country seat of King Michael I of Romania. While the castle was seized from the Royal Family by Communist authorities, in 2000, a Romanian court ordered that the building be restored to King Michael I.-See also:*Romanian Royal...

, Săvârşin
Savârsin, Arad
Săvârşin is a commune in Arad County, Romania. Săvârșin commune lies at the foot of the Metaliferi Mountains, at its contact point with the Mureș Couloir...
Salbek Castle, Petriş
Petris, Arad
Petriş is a commune in Arad County, Romania, is situated in the contact zone of Mureș Couloir with Metaliferi Mountains. The administrative territory of the commune is approximately 13,100 ha...
Solymosy Castle, Mocrea
Purgly Castle, Şofronea
Sofronea, Arad
Şofronea is a commune in Arad County, Romania, lies in the Aradului Plateau and it stretches over 3490 ha. It is composed of two villages, Sânpaul and Şofronea .-Population:...

Bihor County

Bathyanyi Castle, Aleşd
Alesd
Aleşd is a town in Bihor County, western Romania. It is located in the east of the county, near the border with Cluj County.-Geography:Aleşd is located on the main railway line between Oradea and Bucharest...
Baroque Palace of Oradea
Baroque Palace of Oradea
The Episcopal palace of the city of Oradea in Bihor county, Romania dates to the Baroque times.- History :It was founded in 1762 by the Baron Bishop Adam Patachich, as bishopric palace of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Magnovaradimum...
Csaky Castle, Marghita
Ghiorac Castle, Ghiorac
Sânmartin Castle, Sânmartin
Sânmartin, Bihor
Sânmartin is a commune in Bihor County, northwestern Romania with a population of 8,854 people. It is the site of two spas, Băile 1 Mai and Băile Felix.-Villages:The commune is composed of six villages: Betfia, Cihei, Cordău, Haieu, Rontău and Sânmartin....
Ţeţchea Castle, Ţeţchea
Degenfeld-Schonburg Castle, Balc
Balc, Bihor
Balc is a commune located in Bihor County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Almaşu Mare, Almaşu Mic, Balc, Ghida and Săldăbagiu de Barcău....
Toldy Castle, Sânnicolau Român
Miskolczy Castle, Ciumeghiu
Moskovits Castle, Arpăşel
Thelegdy Castle, Tileagd
Zichy Castle, Diosig
Zichy Castle, Gheghie
Zichy Castle, Lugaşu de Jos

Dobruja(Dobrogea)

Constanţa County

Histria
Histria (Sinoe)
Ancient Histria or Istros , was a Greek colony or polis on the Black Sea coast, established by Milesian settlers to trade with the native Getae. It became the first Greek town on the present day Romanian territory. Scymnus of Chios , the Greek geographer and poet, dated it to 630 BC...

Tulcea County

Enisala
Dinogetia Castle
Dinogetia
Dinogetia was an ancient Getae-Dacian settlement and later Roman fortress located on the left bank of the Danube near the place where it joins the Siret. The Dinogetia site is situated in Dobrudja at 8 kilometres east of Galați, Romania....

Maramureş

Satu Mare County

Cserey-Fischer Castle, Tăşnad
Tasnad
Tăşnad is a town in Satu Mare County, northwestern Romania. It administers five villages: Blaja, Cig, Raţiu, Sărăuad and Valea Morii.-Population:According to the last census from 2002 there were 9,528 people living within the city....
Karolyi Castle, Ardud
Karolyi Castle, Carei
Lonyai Castle, Medieşu Aurit
Perenyi Castle, Turulung
Vecsey Castle, Livada
Livada, Satu Mare
Livada ; in German: Weisenhaid) is a town in north-western Romania, in Satu Mare County. It received town status in 2006...

Maramureş County

Apaffi Castle, Coştiui
Blomberg Castle, Gârdani
Teleki Castle, Pribileşti
Pecsi Mihai Castle, Ţicău
Teleki Castle, Coltău

Moldavia(Moldova)

Neamţ Citadel
Neamt Citadel
Neamţ Citadel is a medieval fortress located in north-eastern part of Romania, near Târgu Neamţ, Neamţ County. It was built in 14th century Moldavia during Petru I of Moldavia's reign and expanded in the 15th century...

, Neamţ County
Neamt County
Neamț is a county of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. It has three communes, Bicaz-Chei, Bicazu Ardelean and Dămuc in Transylvania.-Demographics:...
Suceava Citadel, Suceava County
Suceava County
Suceava is a county of Romania, in the historical region of Moldavia and few villages in Transylvania, with the capital city at Suceava.- Demographics :...
Ruginoasa Castle, Ruginoasa
Ruginoasa, Iasi
Ruginoasa is a commune in Iaşi County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Dumbrăviţa, Rediu, Ruginoasa and Vascani.-References:...

, Iaşi County
Iasi County
Iași is a county of Romania, in Moldavia, with the administrative seat at Iași.-Demographics:As of 1 July 2007, Iași County had a population of 825,100, making it the second most populous county in Romania after Bucharest, with a population density of 150/km².*Romanians - 98.1%*Roma -...
Stirbey Castle, Dărmăneşti, Bacău
Bacau
Bacău is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. It covers a land surface of 43 km², and, as of January 1, 2009, has an estimated population of 177,087. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, and on the Bistriţa River...
Roznovanu Castle, Roznov, Neamţ County
Neamt County
Neamț is a county of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. It has three communes, Bicaz-Chei, Bicazu Ardelean and Dămuc in Transylvania.-Demographics:...
Soroca Citadel
Soroca Fort
Soroca Fortress is a historic fort in the Republic of Moldova, in the modern-day city of Soroca.- History :The city has its origin in the medieval Genoese trade post of Olchionia, or Alchona...

, Soroca
Soroca
Soroca is a Moldovan city situated on the Nistru river about 160 km north of Chişinău. It is the administrative center of Soroca District.- History :The city has its origin in the medieval Genoese trade post of Olchionia, or Alchona...

, Republic of Moldova
Tighina Citadel, Tighina
Tighina
Bender or Bendery, also known as Tighina is a city within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova under de facto control of the unrecognized Transnistria Republic since 1992...

, Republic of Moldova
Hotin Citadel
Khotyn Fortress
The Khotyn Fortress is a fortification complex located on the right bank of the Dniester River in Khotyn, Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is situated on a territory of the historical northern Bessarabia region which was split in 1940 between Ukraine and Moldova...

, Hotin
Khotyn
Khotyn is a city in Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine, and is the administrative center of Khotyn Raion within the oblast, and is located south-west of Kamianets-Podilskyi. According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, it has a population of 11,124...

, Chernivtsi Oblast
Chernivtsi Oblast
Chernivtsi Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine, bordering on Romania and Moldova. It has a large variety of landforms: the Carpathian Mountains and picturesque hills at the foot of the mountains gradually change to a broad partly forested plain situated between the Dniester and Prut rivers....

, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
Cetatea Albă Citadel, Cetatea Albă
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi is a city situated on the right bank of the Dniester Liman in the Odessa Oblast of southwestern Ukraine, in the historical region of Bessarabia...

, Odessa Oblast
Odessa Oblast
Odesa Oblast, also written as Odessa Oblast , is the southernmost and largest oblast of south-western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Odessa.-History:...

, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

The last four, although not located in present-day Romania, are strongly linked with Romanian medieval history.

Transylvania (Transilvania)

Alba County

Bethlen-Haller Castle, Cetatea de Baltă
Cetatea de Balta
Cetatea de Baltă is a commune in Alba County, Romania with a population of 3217. It is located between Târnăveni at 15 kilometers and Blaj at 21 kilometers on the county road DJ 117...
Esterházy Castle, Şard
Ighiu
Ighiu is a commune located in Alba County, Romania. The commune is composed of five villages: Bucerdea Vinoasă, Ighiel, Ighiu, Şard and Ţelna. Şard and Ighiu have a fortified church, the latter being used as a guest house, the Reformed Church of Ighiu....
Martinuzzi Castle, Vinţu de Jos
Vintu de Jos
Vinţu de Jos, also known as Vinţ is a commune located in the centre of Alba County, Romania. It is composed of eighteen villages: Câmpu Goblii , Ciocaşu , Crişeni , Dealu Ferului , Gura Cuţului , Haţegana , Inuri , Laz , Mătăcina , Mereteu...
Stremţ Castle, Stremţ
Kemény Castle, Sâncrai
Aiud
Aiud is a city located in Alba county, Transylvania, Romania. The city has a population of 28,934 people. It has the status of municipality and is the second-largest city in the county, after county seat Alba Iulia. The Aiud administrative region is 142.2 square kilometres in area.- Administration...
Wesselenyi Castle, Obreja
Obreja
Obreja is a commune in Caraş-Severin County, western Romania with a population of 3249. It is composed of four villages: Ciuta, Iaz, Obreja and Var.-References:...
Mikes Castle, Cisteiu de Mureş
Teleki Castle, Uioara de Suss
Bethlen Castle, Aiud
Aiud
Aiud is a city located in Alba county, Transylvania, Romania. The city has a population of 28,934 people. It has the status of municipality and is the second-largest city in the county, after county seat Alba Iulia. The Aiud administrative region is 142.2 square kilometres in area.- Administration...
Alexius and Georgius Bethlen Castle, Sânmiclăuş
Sona
Sona may refer to:* a female name in Armenian* a male name in Bafaw,a tribe from the southwest region of Cameroon* a name in Hindi, in Urdu, and all other Indo-Iranian languages meaning "Gold"...
Kemény Castle, Galda de Jos
Galda de Jos
Galda de Jos is a commune located in Alba County, Romania. It is composed of eleven villages: Benic , Cetea , Galda de Jos , Galda de Sus , Lupşeni, Măgura, Mesentea , Oiejdea , Poiana Galdei, Răicani and Zăgriş.-References:...

Bistriţa-Năsăud County

Hye Castle, Ilişua
Lázár Imre Castle, Sărata
Rákóczi Castle, Şieu-Măgheruş
Torma Castle, Cristeştii Ciceului
Wesselenyi Castle, Chiochiş
Haller Castle, Matei
Matei, Bistrita-Nasaud
Matei is a commune in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bidiu, Corvineşti, Enciu, Fântânele, Matei and Moruţ.-References:...
Teleki Castle, Comlod
Teleki Castle, Posmuş
Bánffy Castle, Urmeniş
Bethlen Castle, Arcalia
Bethlen Castle, Beclean
Beclean
Beclean is a town in Bistriţa-Năsăud County, in north-eastern Transylvania, Romania. It has an estimated population in 2006 of 10,889 and administers three villages: Coldău, Figa and Rusu de Jos....
Bethlen Castle, Cristur-Şieu

Braşov County

Béldy Ladislau Castle, Budila
Budila, Brasov
Budila is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Budila.At the 2002 census, 67.8% of inhabitants were Romanians, 23% Hungarians and 9.2% Roma. 68.2% were Romanian Orthodox, 18.3% Reformed, 7.6% Pentecostal and 3.6% Roman Catholic....
Nemes Castle, Budila
Budila, Brasov
Budila is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Budila.At the 2002 census, 67.8% of inhabitants were Romanians, 23% Hungarians and 9.2% Roma. 68.2% were Romanian Orthodox, 18.3% Reformed, 7.6% Pentecostal and 3.6% Roman Catholic....
Mikes Castle, Budila
Budila, Brasov
Budila is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Budila.At the 2002 census, 67.8% of inhabitants were Romanians, 23% Hungarians and 9.2% Roma. 68.2% were Romanian Orthodox, 18.3% Reformed, 7.6% Pentecostal and 3.6% Roman Catholic....
Bran Castle
Bran Castle
Bran Castle , situated near Bran and in the immediate vicinity of Braşov, is a national monument and landmark in Romania. The fortress is situated on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia, on DN73...

, Bran
Bran, Brasov
Bran is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It lies at 30 km from the city of Braşov and is composed of five villages: Bran, Poarta, Predeluţ, Şimon and Sohodol...
Brâncoveanu Castle, Sâmbăta de Sus
Sâmbata de sus, Brasov
Sâmbăta de Sus is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Sâmbăta de Sus and Staţiunea Climaterică Sâmbăta. Formerly part of Voila Commune, these were split off to form a separate commune in 2003.-References:...
Brukenthal Castle, Sâmbăta de Jos
Sükösd-Bethlen Castle, Racoş
Racos, Brasov
Racoș is a commune in Brașov County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Mateiaș and Racoș. At the 2002 census, 57.3% of inhabitants were Hungarians, 21.8% Romanians and 20.7% Roma. 33.4% were Reformed, 23.3% Romanian Orthodox, 21% Pentecostal, 17.7% Unitarian and 3.6% Roman Catholic....
Făgăraş Castle
Kálnoky Castle, Hoghiz
Hoghiz, Brasov
Hoghiz is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bogata Olteană, Cuciulata , Dopca, Fântâna, Hoghiz and Lupşa....
Haller Castle, Hoghiz
Hoghiz, Brasov
Hoghiz is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bogata Olteană, Cuciulata , Dopca, Fântâna, Hoghiz and Lupşa....
Guthman-Valenta Castle, Hoghiz
Hoghiz, Brasov
Hoghiz is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bogata Olteană, Cuciulata , Dopca, Fântâna, Hoghiz and Lupşa....

Cluj County

Kornis Castle, Manastirea
Mica, Cluj
Mica is a commune in Cluj County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Dâmbu Mare, Mănăstirea, Mica, Nireş, Sânmărghita, Valea Cireşoii and Valea Luncii.- Demographics :...
Bonţida Bánffy Castle
Bontida Bánffy Castle
Bánffy Castle is an architectonic Baroque monument situated in Bonţida, a village in the vicinity of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was owned by the Bánffy family...
Bánffy Castle, Răscruci
Bánffy Castle, Borşa
Borsa, Cluj
Borşa is a commune in Cluj County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Borşa, Borşa-Cătun, Borşa-Crestaia, Ciumăfaia and Giula.- Demographics :...
Béldy Castle, Geaca
Bocskai Castle, Aghireşu
Gilău Castle, Gilău
Gilau, Cluj
Gilău is a commune in Cluj County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Gilău, Someşu Cald and Someşu Rece.- Demographics :According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 7,861 people living in this town. Of this population, 83.43% are ethnic Romanians, 9.45% are ethnic...
Haller Castle, Coplean

Jósika Castle
Jósika Castle
Jósika Castle ['yɔ:şikɔ] is an imposing castle, located on the left bank of the Someş River, in the current commune of Surduc, Sălaj County. Construction of this edifice lasted almost two centuries, between 1641 - 1810, the castle belonged to the Csáky family, and between 1810 - 1853, the castle...

, Moldoveneşti
Kemény Castle, Jucu de Sus
Kemény-Bánffy Castle, Luncani
Kornis Castle, Mănăstirea
Mikes Castle, Săvădisla
Teleki Castle, Luna de Jos
Veres Castle, Livada
Wass Castle, Ţaga
Wass-Banffy Castle, Gilău
Gilau, Cluj
Gilău is a commune in Cluj County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Gilău, Someşu Cald and Someşu Rece.- Demographics :According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 7,861 people living in this town. Of this population, 83.43% are ethnic Romanians, 9.45% are ethnic...

Covasna County

Apor Castle, Turia
Turia, Covasna
Turia is a commune in Covasna County, Romania composed of two villages:*Alungeni / Futásfalva*Turia- History :It formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. Until 1918, the village belonged to the Háromszék County of the Kingdom of Hungary...
Béldy-Mikes Castle, Ozun
Mikó Castle, Olteni
Szentkereszty Castle, Arcuş
Thury-Bányai Castle, Tamaşfalău
Daniel Castle, Tălişoara
Daniel Castle, Vârghiş
Nemes Castle, Hăghig
Kálnoky Castle, Micloşoara
Kálnoky Castle, Valea Crişului
Mikes Castle, Zăbala
Mikes-Szentkereszty Castle, Zagon
Zagon
Zagon is a commune in Covasna County, Romania composed of two villages:*Păpăuţi / Papolc*Zagon- History :It formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. Until 1918, the village belonged to...
Mikes Castle, Bixad
Bixad, Covasna
Bixad is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania. Composed of a single village, Bixad, it became an independent commune when it split from Malnaş in 2004. The commune has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority...

Harghita County

Apafi Castle, Tomeşti
Tomesti, Harghita
Tomeşti is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. It is named after Saint Thomas. The commune is composed of a single village, Tomeşti.- History :...
Lázár Castle
Lázár Castle
Lazar Castle is a castle located in Lăzarea, Harghita County, Romania. The citadel is named after Lázár nobile family and it is built on a combination of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance styles.- See also :* List of castles in Romania...

, Lăzarea

Hunedoara County

Hunyad Castle
Hunyad Castle
The Huniad Castle is a Gothic-Renaissance castle in Hunedoara , present-day Romania.- History :...

, Hunedoara
Hunedoara
Hunedoara is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southeastern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boş, Groş, Hăşdat, Peştişu Mare and Răcăştia....
Bela Fay Castle, Simeria
Simeria
Simeria is a town in Hunedoara County with a population of just under 14,000, and an important railway junction with hump yard. Six villages are administered by the town: Bârcea Mare, Cărpiniş, Simeria Veche, Sântandrei, Şăuleşti and Uroi....
Gyulay Ferenc Castle, Mintia
Kendeffy Castle, Sântămăria-Orlea
Nalatzi-Fay Castle, Nălaţvad
Pogány Castle, Păclişa
Veress Castle, Bobâlna
Jósika Castle
Jósika Castle
Jósika Castle ['yɔ:şikɔ] is an imposing castle, located on the left bank of the Someş River, in the current commune of Surduc, Sălaj County. Construction of this edifice lasted almost two centuries, between 1641 - 1810, the castle belonged to the Csáky family, and between 1810 - 1853, the castle...

, Brănişca
Nopcsa Castle, Săcel
Nopcsa Castle, Zam
Zam, Hunedoara
Zam is a commune in Hunedoara County, Romania. It is composed of thirteen villages: Almaş-Sălişte , Almăşel , Brăşeu , Cerbia , Deleni, Godineşti , Micăneşti , Pogăneşti , Pojoga , Sălciva , Tămăşeşti , Valea and Zam.-References:...

Mureş County

Apalina Castle, Apalina, Mureş
Apor Castle, Abuş, Mureş
Banffy Castle, Gheja, Mureş
Bornemisza Castle, Gurghiu, Mureş
Gurghiu, Mures
Gurghiu is is a commune in Mureş County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Adrian, Caşva, Comori, Fundoaia, Glăjărie, Gurghiu, Larga, Orşova, Orşova-Pădure and Păuloaia.- See also :* List of Hungarian exonyms...
Chendu Castle, Chendu, Mureş
Degenfeld Castle, Cuci, Mureş
Cuci, Mures
Cuci is a commune in Mureş County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Cuci, Dătăşeni, După Deal, Orosia and Petrilaca.-Demographics:...
Dózsa-Barátosi Castle, Trei Sate, Mureş
Ermitu Castle, Eremitu, Mureş
Kendy-Kemény Castle, Brâncoveneşti, Mureş
Brâncovenesti, Mures
Brâncovenești is a commune in Mureș County, Romania.The commune is composed of five villages: Brâncovenești, Idicel, Idicel-Pădure, Săcalu de Pădure and Vălenii de Mureș....
Kornis-Rákoczi-Bethlen Castle, Iernut
Iernut
Iernut is a town in Mureş County, central Transylvania, Romania. It administers eight villages: Cipău, Deag, Lechinţa, Oarba de Mureş, Porumbac, Racameţ, Sălcud and Sfântu Gheorghe.-Demographics:The 2002 census revealed the following demographic data :...
Lapusna Castle, Lăpuşna, Mureş
Máriaffi Castle, Sângeorgiu de Mureş
Panet Castle, Pănet, Mureş
Pekri Castle, Ozd, Mureş
Rhédey Castle, Sângiorgiu de Pădure
Rhédey-Rothenthal Castle, Găneşti, Mureş
Sighişoara Citadel
Sighisoara Citadel
The Sighișoara Citadel is the old historic center of the town of Sighișoara , Romania, built in the 12th century by Saxon colonists under the Latin name Castrum Sex...
Toldalagi Castle, Corunca, Mureş
Ugron Castle, Zau de Câmpie, Mureş
Haller Castle, Mihai Viteazu, Mureş
Haller Castle, Ogra, Mureş
Haller Castle, Sânpaul, Mureş
Sânpaul, Mures
Sânpaul is a commune in Mureş County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Chirileu, Dileu Nou, Sânmărghita, Sânpaul and Valea Izvoarelor.-References:...
Teleki Castle, Dumbrăvioara, Mureş
Teleki Castle, Gorneşti, Mureş
Bethlen Castle, Bahnea, Mureş
Bethlen Castle, Boiu, Mureş
Alexius and Georgius Bethlen Castle, Criş, Mureş
Alexius and Georgius Bethlen Castle, Mădăraş, Mureş
Madaras, Mures
Mădăraş is a commune in Mureş County, Romania. It became an independent commune when it split from Band in 2004. The commune is composed of a single village, Mădăraş, and has an absolute Székely Hungarian majority. For demographics see Band.- History :...

Sălaj County

Bay Castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

, Treznea
Treznea
Treznea is a commune in Sălaj County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bozna and Treznea. These were part of Agrij Commune until 1995, when they were split off to form a separate commune....
Csáky Castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

, Almaşu
Almasu
Almaşu is a commune located in Sălaj County, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Almaşu, Băbiu, Cutiş, Jebucu, Mesteacănu, Petrinzel, Sfăraş, Stana and Ţăudu....
Béldy Castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

, Jibou
Jibou
Jibou is a town in Sălaj County, Transylvania, Romania. In 2004 it had a population of 11,658.Jibou is 20 km by road northwest of Zalău, close to the Someş River. Its major attractions are the old Wesselényi house, Botanical Gardens and spa baths...
Wesselenyi Castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

, Jibou
Jibou
Jibou is a town in Sălaj County, Transylvania, Romania. In 2004 it had a population of 11,658.Jibou is 20 km by road northwest of Zalău, close to the Someş River. Its major attractions are the old Wesselényi house, Botanical Gardens and spa baths...
Jósika Castle
Jósika Castle
Jósika Castle ['yɔ:şikɔ] is an imposing castle, located on the left bank of the Someş River, in the current commune of Surduc, Sălaj County. Construction of this edifice lasted almost two centuries, between 1641 - 1810, the castle belonged to the Csáky family, and between 1810 - 1853, the castle...

, Surduc
Surduc
Surduc is a commune located in Sălaj County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Brâglez , Cristolţel , Solona , Surduc, Teştioara , Tihău and Turbuţa ....
Haller Castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

, Gârbou
Gârbou
Gârbou is a commune located in Sălaj County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bezded, Călacea, Cernuc, Fabrica, Gârbou, Popteleac and Solomon....
Bánffy Castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

, Nuşfalău
Nusfalau
Nuşfalău is a commune located in Sălaj County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bilghez and Nuşfalău; Boghiş and Bozieş split off in 2005 to form Boghiş commune....
Alexius and Georgius Bethlen Castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

, Dragu
Dragu
Dragu is a commune located in Sălaj County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Adalin, Dragu, Fântânele, Ugruţiu and Voivodeni....

Sibiu County

Apafi Castle, Dumbrăveni
Dumbraveni
Dumbrăveni is a town in the north of Sibiu County, in the centre of Transylvania, central Romania...
Bolyai Castle, Buia
Tobias Castle, Boarta
Turnu Roşu Castle, Boiţa
Brukenthal Castle, Avrig
Avrig
Avrig is a town in the Sibiu County, Romania. It has a population of 16,215 and the first documents attesting the village date to 1346.The town administers four villages: Bradu , Glâmboaca , Mârşa and Săcădate .- Geography :It lies on the left bank of the river Olt Avrig is a town in the Sibiu...
Brukenthal Castle, Micăsasa

Wallachia(Valahia)

Prahova County

Cantacuzino Castle
Cantacuzino Castle
Cantacuzino Castle is situated in Busteni in Zamora street. The building, whose construction works were completed in 1911, was conducted by the architect Gregory Cerchez at the request of Prince George Grigore Cantacuzino. The Castle belonged to the family Cantacuzino until nationalization of 1948,...

, Buşteni
Busteni
Buşteni is a small mountain town in the north of the county Prahova, in the center of Romania. It is located in the Prahova Valley, at the bottom of the Bucegi mountains, that have a maximum altitude of 2505 m. Its name literally means tree-logs in Romanian. One village, Poiana Ţapului, is...
Iulia Hasdeu Castle
Iulia Hasdeu Castle
The Iulia Hasdeu Castle is a folly house built in the form of small castle by historian and politician Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu in the city of Câmpina, Romania. Work on it began in 1893, after Hasdeu's daughter, Iulia Hasdeu, died at the age of 19, an event that dramatically shook and changed...

, Câmpina
Câmpina
Câmpina is a city in Prahova county, Romania, north of the county seat Ploieşti, located on the main route between Wallachia and Transylvania. In 2003, the city celebrated 500 years since its founding.-History:...
Foişor Castle, Sinaia
Sinaia
Sinaia is a town and a mountain resort in Prahova County, Romania. The town was named after Sinaia Monastery, around which it was built; the monastery in turn is named after the Biblical Mount Sinai...
Martha Bibescu Castle, Comarnic
Comarnic
Comarnic is a town in Prahova County, Romania, with a population of 13,500. Four villages are administered by the town: Ghioşeşti, Podu Lung, Poiana and Posada....
Peleş Castle
Peles Castle
Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914...

, Sinaia
Sinaia
Sinaia is a town and a mountain resort in Prahova County, Romania. The town was named after Sinaia Monastery, around which it was built; the monastery in turn is named after the Biblical Mount Sinai...
Pelişor Castle, Sinaia
Sinaia
Sinaia is a town and a mountain resort in Prahova County, Romania. The town was named after Sinaia Monastery, around which it was built; the monastery in turn is named after the Biblical Mount Sinai...
Văcărescu-Calimachi Castle, Măneşti, Prahova
Manesti, Prahova
Mănești is a commune in Prahova County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Băltița, Coada Izvorului, Gura Crivățului, Mănești and Zalhanaua. It also included Cheșnoiu, Cocorăștii Colț, Cocorăștii Grind, Colțu de Jos, Ghioldum, Perșunari, Piatra and Satu de Sus villages until 2004, when they...

Arges County

Poenari Castle, Curtea de Arges
Curtea de Arges
Curtea de Argeș is a city in Romania on the right bank of the Argeş River, where it flows through a valley of the lower Carpathians , on the railway from Pitești to the Turnu Roşu Pass. It is part of Argeș County. The city administers one village, Noapteș...

, Arges
Arges
Arges was one of the Cyclopes in Greek mythology. He was elsewhere called Acmonides or Pyraemon. His name means 'bright' and represents the brightness from lightning....

Bucharest

Other fortifications

Aiud
Aiud
Aiud is a city located in Alba county, Transylvania, Romania. The city has a population of 28,934 people. It has the status of municipality and is the second-largest city in the county, after county seat Alba Iulia. The Aiud administrative region is 142.2 square kilometres in area.- Administration...
Biertan
Biertan
Biertan is a commune in central Romania, in the north of the Sibiu County, 80 km north of Sibiu and 15 km east of Mediaş. Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993...
Bologa Castle
Braşov
Brasov
Brașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....
Câlnic
Câlnic, Alba
Câlnic is a commune in Alba County, Romania, composed of two villages, Câlnic and Deal . Câlnic village is known for its castle, which is on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.-The castle:...
Dârjiu
Dârjiu
Dârjiu is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.The toponym "Székelyderzs" was first mentioned as "De ers" in a papal list of tithes taken in 1334...
Homorod
Homorod, Brasov
Homorod is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Homorod, Jimbor and Mercheaşa.At the 2002 census, 50.7% of inhabitants were Romanians, 31.2% Hungarians, 16.2% Roma and 1.8% Germans...
Oradea Castle
Prejmer
Prejmer
Prejmer is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Lunca Câlnicului, Prejmer and Stupinii Prejmerului. Located 18 km northeast of Braşov, the Olt River passes through the commune.-History:...
Râşnov
Râsnov
Râşnov is a town in Braşov County, Romania with a population of under 16,000.It is located at about 15 km from the city of Braşov and about the same distance from Bran, on the road that links Wallachia and Transylvania....
Sibiu
Sibiu
Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...
Suceava Castle
Viscri
Buneşti, Braşov
Buneşti ) is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Buneşti, Criţ, Meşendorf, Roadeş and Viscri . Each of these has a fortified church.-Viscri:...

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