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. Since the 1590s, the castle was the main residence of the Hungarian Báthory family during the era of the Principality of Transylvania.
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Șimleu Silvaniei Fort ranks #5,061 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #47 of the 126 mapped in Romania. The nearest day-trip guide is Cluj-Napoca, 79 km away. It is one of the 79 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Transylvania. See how Romania compares in the castle statistics.
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