Romania · 16th century
The Bocskai castle in Aghireșu, Cluj, was built in the locality of Aghireșu in Cluj County in 1572, in the Renaissance style. Quadrilateral in plan, with towers at the corners and a spacious inner courtyard, it is distinguished by the beauty of its stone door and window frames. The castle is at present in ruins.
Machine-translated from “Castelul Bocskai din Aghireșu” on the Romanian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bocskai castle in Aghireșu, Cluj ranks #8,442 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #98 of the 125 mapped in Romania. Founded 1572, it is older than 34% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 886 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Cluj-Napoca, 29 km away. It is one of the 78 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Transylvania. It is stop 21 of 26 on the Transylvania castle route, Bran to Cluj-Napoca. See how Romania compares in the castle statistics.
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