Romania · 16th century
Lazar Castle (Romanian: Castelul Lazar, Hungarian: Lázár-kastély), is a castle located in Lăzarea, Harghita County, Romania. The citadel is named after the Lázár de Szárhegy noble family and it is built in a combination of Romanesque, Gothic, and Renaissance styles. The oldest part of the building dates from 1532, while the rest was added in 1631–1632.
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Lázár Castle ranks #3,662 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #36 of the 125 mapped in Romania. Founded 1532, it is older than 40% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 886 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,461 times in the last 60 days, more than 61% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Târgu Mureș, 77 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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