Romania
The Castle of Târgu Mureș, Marosvásárhely in Hungarian, is a former Transylvanian citadel in Romania. It is situated in the heart of the town.
It is one of the largest fortresses of Transylvania and of the Székely Land, with an area of about 4.5 acres (1.8 ha). It has seven bastions: the gate bastion (Kapubástya), the tailors' bastion (Szabók-bástyája), the butchers' bastion (Mészárosok-bástyája), the coopers' bastion (Kádárok-bástyája), the furriers' bastion (Szűcsök-bástyája), incorporated into that of the locksmiths (Lakatosok-bástyájá), the tanners' bastion (Vargák-bástyája) and finally the small bastion (Kisbástya).
In the south-western part of the courtyard stands the oldest church in the town, the fortified church, which dates from the 14th century.
Machine-translated from “Citadelle de Târgu Mureș” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of Târgu Mureș ranks #5,563 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #53 of the 125 mapped in Romania. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 995 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Târgu Mureș, 1 km away. It is one of the 78 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Transylvania. See how Romania compares in the castle statistics.
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