Romania · 13th century
Ruinele cetății Șinteu ranks #8,274 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #92 of the 125 mapped in Romania. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Cluj-Napoca, 99 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.
The ruins of Șinteu fortress (Hungarian: Sólyomkő, in translation "the Falcon's Stone") are a historic and architectural monument of the 13th century. The fortress was built as a military base of the Kingdom of Hungary.
Machine-translated from “Ruinele cetății Șinteu” on the Romanian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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