Fortress
Colț Fortress
🇷🇴 Romania
Colț Fortress dates from the beginning of the 14th century, when it was founded by the knyaz Cândea.
Subsequently, Cândea converted to the Catholic religion and changed his name to Kendeffy.
Machine-translated from “Cetatea Colț” on the Romanian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Colț Fortress ranks #5,387 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #51 of the 121 mapped in Romania. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. 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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Where is Colț Fortress?
Colț Fortress stands in Romania, at 45.47811°, 22.87433°.
How famous is Colț Fortress?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,387 of 8,133 worldwide, and #51 in Romania. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Colț Fortress?
Pogany mansion in Păclișa, Hunedoara, about 9 km away.
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