Romania · 13th century
The Șoimoș Fortress stands on the right bank of the Mureș, opposite Lipova, on Cioaca Tăutului hill. It was built after the first Tatar invasions of the area and is documented from 1278. The Șoimoș Fortress is on the list of historic monuments, code LMI AR-II-a-A-00618.
Machine-translated from “Cetatea Șoimoș” on the Romanian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Șoimoș Citadel ranks #6,561 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #63 of the 126 mapped in Romania. Founded 1278, it is older than 65% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,019 times in the last 60 days, more than 51% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Romania compares in the castle statistics.
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