2024
CHÂTEAU DE FĂGĂRAȘ
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Read moreThis 15th-century pink-brick fortress became an important princely residence in the 16th century. Transformed into an Italian Renaissance-style castle by Transylvanian Prince Gábor Bethlen in the early 17th century, it was used in the second half of the century as a meeting place for the Diet, and much later, between 1948 and 1960, as a prison for political opponents. Today, it houses the Ethnographic and Historical Museum of the city and its region, with a fine collection of icons on glass, ceramics, costumes...