Alba Iulia Fortress

The Alba Carolina Citadel (Romanian: Cetatea Alba Carolina, Hungarian: Gyulafehérvári vár) is a star fortess located in the center of Alba Iulia, Romania. Its construction commenced on 4 November 1715, during the Habsburg rule in Transylvania, and was completed in 1738. 20,000 serfs were involved in its construction, which is estimated to have cost around 3 million florins. The citadel was built on the site of two other fortifications: the legionary fortress of Legio XIII Gemina (known as Apulum), as well as the medieval Belgrad citadel.

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Alba Iulia Fortress ranks #2257 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #21 of the 93 mapped in Rumanía. Fundado en 1715, más antiguo que el 24% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 360 atlas entries founded in the siglo XVIII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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