Sighisoara Citadel - Travel Romania

"The town of Sighisoara is the most enchanting of all the Transylvanian towns.

Its medieval buildings, gilded roofs and towers have been unspoiled by war or modern industry.

The Citadel, built by the Saxons in the 12th Cent., rises above the town and is preserved as a museum."

from http://www.about.com/

Sibiu Hermannstadt - Old Town (2)

The Castle of Hunedoara - The Hunyadi/Corvins Castle

Hunedoara Castle's, also known as the Hunyadi Castle, is built on a strategic position, on a rocky cliff at the exit of Zlaşti river from a small defile from Poiana Rusca Mountains. It's construction began in the XIV century, over a royal castrum, also built over the remains of an old roman stockade. A 1399 document reminds of a royal castrum and a castellan of Hunedoara. The castrum has been given in 1409 by the king of Hungary, Sigismund, to the noble Voicu and his family.

The initial core was designed by Voicu's son, Iancu de Hunedoara and his wife, Elisabeta Szilaghi. Later, Matei Corvin, Iancu's son, transformed the castle into a luxurious nobiliar residence. He built the "Matei Wing", with a loggia that has renaissance elements. In 1618, Gabriel Bethlen, the prince of Transylvania, initiated a new work phase, building, among others, the "Bethlen Wing".

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0125318/html/pages/Hunedoara.htm

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Sibiu - Hermannstadt / Old Town