The atlas
79 landmarks in the atlas.
The Castle Map atlas charts 9 castles, 20 fortresses, 33 palaces & châteaux and 17 ruins in Transylvania. They span from c. 50 BC to c. 1875.
The best known is Bran Castle, #42 of 9,079 worldwide.
Country pages: Romania.
Brașov · Sibiu · Cluj-Napoca · Târgu Mureș
Travelling rather than browsing? The Transylvania castle route puts 26 of them in travel order, Bran to Cluj-Napoca.
See them on the map →Castle · 14th century · #42 worldwide · #1 in Romania
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…
Castle · 15th century · #149 worldwide · #4 in Romania
Corvin Castle, also known as Hunyadi Castle or Hunedoara Castle, is a Gothic-Renaissance castle in Hunedoara, current-day Romania.
Ruin · #229 worldwide · #5 in Romania
Sarmizegetusa Regia was the capital and the most important military, religious and political centre of the Dacians before the wars with the Roman…
Fortress · 1st century BC · #8 in Romania
Built in murus dacicus style, the six Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains, in Romania, were created in the 1st centuries BC and AD as…
Fortress · 13th century · #14 in Romania
The Fortress of Deva is a fortress located in the city of Deva, Hunedoara County, Romania, on top of a volcanic hill.
Fortress · 13th century · #15 in Romania
Râșnov Fortress is a medieval Fliehburg-type fortress, which offered refuge for townspeople and villagers from the area in times of war.
Ruin · 2nd century · #16 in Romania
Porolissum was an ancient Roman city in Dacia. Established as a military fort in 106 during Trajan's Dacian Wars, the city quickly grew through trade…
Fortress · 16th century · #19 in Romania
The Biertan fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Biertan, Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania.
Fortress · 13th century · #20 in Romania
The Prejmer fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Prejmer, Brașov County, in the Transylvania region of Romania and the ethnographic…
Fortress · 14th century · #21 in Romania
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…
Castle · 15th century · #24 in Romania
Bánffy Castle is an architectural monument situated in Bonţida, a village in the vicinity of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with construction phases and…
Fortress · 14th century · #25 in Romania
Rupea Fortress is a medieval fortress built by Transylvanian Saxons in the Kingdom of Hungary and first mentioned by a 1324 document.
Fortress · 18th century · #27 in Romania
The Alba Carolina Citadel is a star fortess located in the center of Alba Iulia, Romania.
Fortress · 13th century · #32 in Romania
The Viscri fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Viscri, Brașov County, in the Transylvania region of Romania.
Palace & château · 18th century · #33 in Romania
Bánffy Castle is a baroque building of the 18th century in Cluj-Napoca, designed by the German architect Johann Eberhard Blaumann.
Fortress · 13th century · #36 in Romania
The Feldioara Fortress in Feldioara, in Brașov County in Romania, is a medieval order castle of the Teutonic Order.
Castle · 16th century · #37 in Romania
Lazar Castle, is a castle located in Lăzarea, Harghita County, Romania. The citadel is named after the Lázár de Szárhegy noble family and it is built…
Palace & château · 18th century · #40 in Romania
The Teleki Castle of Gornești, Gernyeszeg in Hungarian, is an 18th-century Transylvanian country house.
Palace & château · #43 in Romania
Săvârșin Castle is a large country house situated in Săvârșin Park, a 6.5-hectare private estate that was owned by King Michael I of the Romanians in…
Fortress · 16th century · #44 in Romania
Brașov Fortress is a group of historic buildings forming a fortress from the medieval period, situated on a hill called Martinsberg, or Schlossberg,…
Castle · 17th century · #45 in Romania
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…
Palace & château · 18th century · #46 in Romania
The Brukenthal Palace in Sibiu is a palace built between 1778 and 1788 in the city of Sibiu by Baron Samuel von Brukenthal, governor of the Grand…
Fortress · #47 in Romania
Báthory Castle or Báthory Citadel, also known as Șimleu Silvaniei Fort, is a historic fort in Romania, in the modern-day city of Șimleu Silvaniei.
Palace & château · 18th century · #48 in Romania
The Bánffy castle in Răscruci, Cluj, in the town of Răscruci in the department of Cluj in Romania, was built in the style of the 18th century in an…
Ruin · #51 in Romania
Martinuzzi Castle, also known as Alvinc Castle, is a medieval castle in Vințu de Jos, in the Transylvania region of Romania.
Fortress · 14th century · #53 in Romania
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…
Fortress · #54 in 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.
Ruin · 13th century · #55 in Romania
The Trascău Fortress, or citadel of Colțești, today in ruins, is situated in Romania to the west of the village of Colțeşti and about 5 km south-west…
Fortress · 14th century · #57 in Romania
Colț Fortress dates from the beginning of the 14th century, when it was founded by the knyaz Cândea.
Palace & château · #58 in Romania
Kemény Castle, situated at the foot of the Călimani Mountains on the right bank of the Mureș River in Brâncovenești, Mureș County, Romania, is one of…
Castle · 14th century · #60 in Romania
Bethlen Castle in Criș was built between the 14th and 18th centuries in the Transylvanian Renaissance style, as a fortified noble residence of modest…
Palace & château · #64 in Romania
The Nopcsa Castle was the residence of the Nopcsa noble family in the village of Săcel in Hunedoara County.
Palace & château · #65 in Romania
The Ugron castle, or "calendar castle", is situated in the locality of Zau de Câmpie, in Mureș County.
Castle · 13th century · #67 in Romania
The Wass-Bánffy castle in Gilău, Cluj, is a former noble residence in the municipal territory of Gilău, Cluj County, in the Romanian region of…
Palace & château · #69 in Romania
Kendeffy Castle is located in Transylvania in Hunedoara County in the Romanian municipality of Sântămăria-Orlea.
Ruin · #72 in Romania
The fortress at Bologa is situated within the locality of Bologa in Cluj County.
Ruin · #74 in Romania
Chioar Fortress or the fortress of Kővár, which was once the centre of the land of Chioar that bears its name, is located in the village of…
Palace & château · 18th century · #75 in Romania
The Rhédey castle is an architectural monument situated in the town of Sângeorgiu de Pădure in Mureș County.
Palace & château · #78 in Romania
The Haller Castle of Ogra, Marosugra in Hungarian, is a Transylvanian castle.
Ruin · #79 in Romania
Liteni Castle is a medieval fortress built 3 km south-west of the village of Liteni in Cluj County, on a rock above the Iara Valley.
Castle · 17th century · #80 in Romania
The Sükösd-Bethlen Castle, documented from 1636, is a medieval building located in Racoș, Brașov.
Palace & château · #81 in Romania
Castelul Teleki din Posmuș is an ensemble of historic monuments situated on the territory of the village of Posmuș, commune of Șieu.
Ruin · 14th century · #84 in Romania
The Slimnic fortress, in German Stolzenburg, is a fortified enclosure with towers, chapel, gate tower, bastion and outbuildings, built in the 14th…
Palace & château · 18th century · #85 in Romania
The Haller Castle is a manor-type building in the village of Gârbou, Sălaj County.
Ruin · 18th century · #86 in Romania
The Haller Mansion of Sânpaul is an 18th-century Transylvanian country house, at present in ruins.
Palace & château · #87 in Romania
The Bethlen Castle in Bahnea is a historic monument located on the territory of the village of Bahnea, commune of Bahnea.
Ruin · #88 in Romania
Bethlen Castle, also called the Kornis–Rákóczi–Bethlen castle or the castle of Radnót or Iernut, is a Transylvanian castle situated at Iernut in…
Ruin · 13th century · #90 in Romania
Cetatea Fetei was a fortress built near the locality of Florești, on "Dealul Cetății, near the municipality of Cluj-Napoca".
Fortress · 13th century · #91 in Romania
The fortified Evangelical church in Movile, Sibiu County, was built in the 13th century as a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Michael.
Ruin · 17th century · #92 in Romania
The Teleki castle in Luna de Jos, Cluj, situated at Luna de Jos, in Cluj County, was built between 1650 and 1700 by the Transylvanian noble family…
Ruin · 13th century · #93 in Romania
The ruins of Șinteu fortress are a historic and architectural monument of the 13th century.
Fortress · 11th century · #94 in Romania
Dăbâca Fortress is a former royal fortress and the seat of Dăbâca County. In the 10th–14th centuries it played an important role in the history of…
Palace & château · 17th century · #95 in Romania
Bornemissza castle in Gurghiu is situated in the locality of Gurghiu, in Mureș County.
Palace & château · 19th century · #96 in Romania
The castle in Borșa, Cluj County, is a former property of the Bánffy family. It was built in its present form in the second half of the 19th century,…
Ruin · #97 in Romania
Cetatea Unguraș, situated on "Dealul Cetății", Unguraș, Cluj County, is inscribed on the list of historic monuments of Cluj County drawn up by the…
Palace & château · #98 in Romania
The Bethlen castle in Sânmiclăuș is an ensemble of historic monuments situated on the territory of the village of Sânmiclăuș; commune of Șona.
Ruin · 16th century · #99 in Romania
The Bocskai castle in Aghireșu, Cluj, was built in the locality of Aghireșu in Cluj County in 1572, in the Renaissance style.
Fortress · 13th century · #100 in Romania
The Almașu Fortress near the village of Almașu, Sălaj, was built between 1247 and 1278 as one of the oldest and strongest medieval fortresses in…
Palace & château · #101 in Romania
The Zichy hunting castle in Gheghie was raised by a count of the Hungarian noble family Zichy.
Palace & château · #102 in Romania
The Mocioni-Teleki castle is a building located in the commune of Căpâlnaș, Arad.
Palace & château · #103 in Romania
Palace & château · #104 in Romania
Palace & château · #105 in Romania
Palace & château · 18th century · #108 in Romania
Palace & château · #109 in Romania
Palace & château · 19th century · #110 in Romania
Fortress · #111 in Romania
Palace & château · 18th century · #112 in Romania
Palace & château · #113 in Romania
Palace & château · #114 in Romania
Palace & château · 19th century · #115 in Romania
Palace & château · #116 in Romania
Palace & château · 18th century · #117 in Romania
Palace & château · 19th century · #118 in Romania
Palace & château · #119 in Romania
Ruin · 17th century · #121 in Romania
Fortress · 16th century · #122 in Romania
Ruin · #123 in Romania
Castle · #125 in Romania
The Castle Map atlas charts 9 castles, 20 fortresses, 33 palaces & châteaux and 17 ruins in Transylvania. They span from c. 50 BC to c. 1875.
The best known is Bran Castle, #42 of 9,079 worldwide.
Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains — c. 50 BC.
