🇷🇴 Romania
26 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Brașov Fortress, 1 km west of the city centre; the most famous is Bran Castle — #42 of 8,133 worldwide — 24 km south-west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Prejmer fortified church, founded c. 1201.
Every one of them stands in Romania — the country page shows the full national picture.
24 km south-west · Castle · #42 worldwide
Bran Castle is a castle in Bran, 25 kilometres southwest of Brașov. The castle was built by Saxons in 1377 who were given the privilege by Louis I of…
13 km south-west · Fortress
Râșnov Fortress is a medieval Fliehburg-type fortress, which offered refuge for townspeople and villagers from the area in times of war.
15 km north-east · Fortress
The Prejmer fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Prejmer, Brașov County, in the Transylvania region of Romania and the ethnographic…
19 km north · Fortress
The Feldioara Fortress in Feldioara, in Brașov County in Romania, is a medieval order castle of the Teutonic Order.
1 km west · Fortress
Brașov Fortress is a group of historic buildings forming a fortress from the medieval period, situated on a hill called Martinsberg, or Schlossberg,…
33 km south · Palace & château · #116 worldwide
Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the Royal Domain of Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an…
33 km south · Palace & château
The Pelișor Castle is a castle in Sinaia, Romania, part of the same complex as the larger castle of Peleș.
27 km south · Palace & château
Cantacuzino Castle is situated in Bușteni, Romania, in the Zamora district, on the street bearing the same name.
54 km north-west · Fortress
Făgăraș Citadel is a historic monument in Făgăraș, Brașov County, Romania. The construction of the fortress started in 1310, on the site of a wooden…
53 km north-west · Fortress
Rupea Fortress is a medieval fortress built by Transylvanian Saxons in the Kingdom of Hungary and first mentioned by a 1324 document.
53 km north-east · Castle
The Mikes Castle in Zăbala is an ensemble of historic monuments located on the territory of the village of Zăbala, commune of Zăbala.
33 km south · Castle
Foișor Castle is a royal residence attached to the estate of Peleș Castle, situated at Sinaia, in Romania.
44 km north · Castle
The Sükösd-Bethlen Castle, documented from 1636, is a medieval building located in Racoș, Brașov.
28 km north-east · Fortress
The Sfântu Gheorghe Fortress is an ensemble of historic monuments located on the territory of the municipality of Sfântu Gheorghe.
52 km north · Palace & château
One of the best-known listed buildings of Erdővidék is the Daniel Castle in Vârghiș, located in the centre of the village of Vargyas, on the…
46 km north-west · Fortress
The fortified church in Ungra is an ensemble of historic monuments situated on the territory of the locality of Ungra.
83 km south-west · Ruin · #267 worldwide
Poenari Castle, also known as Poenari Citadel and Poenari Fortress, is a ruined castle in Romania which was a home of Vlad the Impaler.
100 km north-west · Fortress
The Biertan fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Biertan, Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania.
81 km south · Fortress
The Chindia Tower is a tower in the Curtea Domnească monuments ensemble in Târgoviște, Romania, built in the 15th century.
60 km north-west · Fortress
The Viscri fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Viscri, Brașov County, in the Transylvania region of Romania.
80 km north · Castle
The Mikó Castle is a fortified castle in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. It is among the city's most important monuments, and today houses an ethnographic…
79 km north-west · Fortress
The Peasant Fortress of Saschiz was a fortress built by the Transylvanian Saxons beginning in 1347, 4 kilometres north of the village of Saschiz, on…
90 km north-west · Castle
Bethlen Castle in Criș was built between the 14th and 18th centuries in the Transylvanian Renaissance style, as a fortified noble residence of modest…
76 km north-west · Fortress
The fortified Evangelical church in Movile, Sibiu County, was built in the 13th century as a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Michael.
78 km north-east · Ruin
The Rákóczy fortress is a medieval fortification in a state of ruin located in the village of Oituz, Covasna, in Transylvania.
74 km north-east · Castle
Balási Castle in Imper is a historic monument in Harghita County.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q82174.
The Castlemap atlas maps 26 landmarks (7 castles · 13 fortresses · 4 palaces & châteaux · 2 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Brașov, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Brașov Fortress, a fortress 1 km west of the city centre.
Bran Castle, ranked #42 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 24 km south-west from Brașov.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Prejmer fortified church, founded c. 1201 — 15 km north-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Ploiești (85 km) · Sibiu (115 km) · Târgu Mureș (129 km) · Bucharest (143 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
