Cetatea Făgărașului

Cetatea Făgărașului is marked by a deep, wide water-filled moat that separates its imposing pentagonal stone walls from the surrounding town. This fortress stands as one of the best-preserved feudal strongholds in Eastern Europe, its history beginning in thirteen ten when it was first built as a wooden fortification. Over the following centuries, successive Transylvanian princes rebuilt and expanded the site, transforming it from a defensive outpost into a sophisticated Renaissance residence characterized by elegant arcaded galleries.