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The best-preserved stretch of Sibiu's third ring of fortifications: a wall with a covered walkway and three guild towers, the Carpenters', Potters' and Arquebusiers' Towers; two can be visited.
The ruins of a 13th-century medieval fortress on a wooded hill near Almașu in Sălaj; only a tower about 20 m high survives.
The Roman fort at Brețcu, which guarded the entrance from the Oituz Pass into Roman Dacia, with the earth banks of its enclosure still clearly visible in the fields; part of the UNESCO site of the Dacian limes.
The ruins of a medieval fortress on Cetății Hill, above 1,000 m, over the spa resort of Băile Bálványos: stone walls and a surviving tower, an hour's climb through the forest.
The ruins of the fortress at Hârșova, on the rock above the Danube: a Roman fort of Trajan, rebuilt by the Byzantines and held by the Ottomans until 1829, restored and reopened in 2025.
A 13th-century Romanesque basilica turned Saxon fortress, 10 km from Sibiu: a bell tower with a clock dating from 1425, double walls and a small museum.
A 13th-century medieval ruin on a rocky spur above the village of Colțești, with its walls and two towers consolidated in 2026 and views towards Piatra Secuiului.
A Saxon church fortified around 1510, with a tall choir under a star vault, a bell tower with a timber gallery and a winegrowers' village around it, in the Wine Country.
A 19th-century Lutheran church with an 1813 organ, enclosed by an oval 15th-century wall, on a hill in the middle of a quiet Saxon village a few kilometres off the DN13.
The auxiliary fort that guarded the way out of the Bran Pass into the Bârsa Land, north-west of Râșnov: a square of earth banks in the middle of the fields, part of the UNESCO site of the Dacian limes.
The former royal fortress and seat of Dăbâca County: earthen ramparts on a hill by the village and a stone wall of ~2 m, rebuilt in the 1960s on the line of the medieval one.
The ruins of a 14th-century fortress, probably built by the Genoese on a limestone hill above lakes Razim and Babadag, with one of the widest views in Dobruja.
A medieval tower on Cluj's second ring of walls, completed in 1574 and used as a fire lookout until 1936; renovated in 2023, it has a 360° panoramic terrace and exhibitions on the inner staircase.
A fort in Bucharest's defensive ring turned political prison: the 1940 massacre, the 1946 executions and thousands of prisoners of the communist regime; on the UNESCO Tentative List since 2024.
The ruins of a medieval stone tower on a rock in the Perșani Mountains, west of Crizbav, with views over the whole Burzenland; first mentioned in writing in 1335.
