Romania · 14th century
Neamț Citadel (Romanian: Cetatea Neamț or Cetatea Neamțului, pronunciation: [ne̯amts]) is a medieval fortress located in north-eastern Romania, near Târgu Neamț, in Neamț County. It was built in 14th-century Moldavia, during Peter II's reign, and expanded in the 15th-century. The citadel played a key role in Stephen the Great's defense system, along with Suceava, Hotin, Soroca, Orhei, Tighina, Chilia and Cetatea Albă.
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Neamț Citadel ranks #2,010 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #26 of the 126 mapped in Romania. Founded c. 1375, it is older than 53% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,299 times in the last 60 days, more than 84% of the atlas. See how Romania compares in the castle statistics.
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