Ruin
Ruinele cetății Șinteu
🇷🇴 Romania
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.
Ruinele cetății Șinteu ranks #7,328 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #87 of the 121 mapped in Romania. 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.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Ruinele cetății Șinteu?
Ruinele cetății Șinteu stands in Romania, at 47.11056°, 22.38444°.
How famous is Ruinele cetății Șinteu?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,328 of 8,134 worldwide, and #87 in Romania. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Ruinele cetății Șinteu?
Zichy mansion in Gheghie, about 15 km away.
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