Fortress
Sfântu Gheorghe fortress
🇷🇴 Romania
The Sfântu Gheorghe Fortress is an ensemble of historic monuments located on the territory of the municipality of Sfântu Gheorghe. The ensemble consists of the following monuments:
The Reformed Church (code LMI CV-II-m-A-13090.01) Funerary chapel (code LMI CV-II-m-A-13090.02) The former German school, today the confessional hall of the Reformed Church (code LMI CV-II-m-A-13090.03) Enclosure wall with bell tower (code LMI CV-II-m-A-13090.04) The Reformed Church of Sfântu Gheorghe features Gothic-style windows, a coffered and painted ceiling, beautifully coloured pews and an organ dating from 1894, while the bell tower was erected in 1829.
Machine-translated from “Cetatea Sfântu Gheorghe” on the Romanian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sfântu Gheorghe fortress ranks #7,373 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #100 of the 115 mapped in Romania. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brașov, 28 km away. It is one of the 75 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Transylvania. See how Romania compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Sfântu Gheorghe fortress?
Sfântu Gheorghe fortress stands in Romania, at 45.87249°, 25.78684°.
How famous is Sfântu Gheorghe fortress?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,373 of 7,738 worldwide, and #100 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 Sfântu Gheorghe fortress?
Feldioara Fortress, about 15 km away.
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