# Monuments and historic sites — tourist attractions in Romania [Romania](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/attractions) › [Categories](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/categories) > Archaeological sites, monuments and historic places. The historic monuments of Romania cover the whole history of the country, from the Dacian fortresses and the Greek colonies of Dobruja to Brâncuși's ensemble at Târgu Jiu and the memorials of the 20th century. The category brings together archaeological sites, commemorative monuments, statues and the landmark buildings of the cities, but also the churches and fortresses that are heritage monuments at the same time. Many are on the UNESCO list or the national list of historic monuments and can be visited freely, in the open air; others are run as museums. The Dacian fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains, with [Sarmizegetusa Regia](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/sarmizegetusa-regia) at their head, are the most important ancient sites; in Dobruja, [Histria Citadel](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-histria) is the oldest city on Romanian territory. The modern era left the [Endless Column](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/coloana-infinitului) and [the Gate of the Kiss](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/poarta-sarutului) at Târgu Jiu, the [Rock Sculpture of Decebalus](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/chipul-lui-decebal) carved into the cliff at the Danube Gorges, and the [Sighet Memorial](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/memorialul-sighet), in the former political prison. ## Tourist attractions 75 attractions - [Sighișoara Citadel](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-sighisoara) — Fortresses and fortifications · Sighișoara, MS · Free · 2½ – 3 hours · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 20 A Saxon-built, still-inhabited medieval walled town on a hill above the Târnava Mare, with guild towers and the famous Clock Tower; a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. - [Voroneț Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-voronet) — Monasteries and churches · Voroneț, SV · 10 lei · ½ – 1 hours · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 20 The church founded by Stephen the Great in 1488, painted on the outside with the Last Judgment on a background of "Voroneț blue"; a UNESCO site near Gura Humorului. - [Merry Cemetery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cimitirul-vesel) — Monuments and historic sites · Săpânța, MM · 10 lei · ½ – 1 hours · Top 20 The cemetery in Săpânța with over 800 oak crosses painted blue, showing naive scenes from the lives of those buried there and witty epitaphs in verse; begun in 1935 by the craftsman Stan Ioan Pătraș. - [Alba Carolina Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-alba-carolina) — Fortresses and fortifications · Alba Iulia, AB · Free · 2½ – 3 hours · Top 20 Romania's largest bastion fortress, a seven-pointed star built by the Habsburgs in 1715–1738 at Alba Iulia; baroque gates, cathedrals, the Union Hall and a changing of the guard, all with free access. - [Sarmizegetusa Regia](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/sarmizegetusa-regia) — Fortresses and fortifications · Grădiștea de Munte, HD · 30 lei · 2 – 2½ hours · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 20 The capital of the Dacian kingdom, hidden in the beech forests of the Orăștie Mountains: the walls of Decebalus's fortress, the paved road and the sacred area with andesite and limestone sanctuaries, a UNESCO site. - [Constanța Casino](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cazinoul-din-constanta) — Monuments and historic sites · Constanța, CT · 53 lei · Top 20 The Art Nouveau building on the Constanța seafront, opened in 1910, left to decay after 1990 and reopened in 2025 after restoration, with exhibitions on its history and on the Black Sea. - [Endless Column](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/coloana-infinitului) — Monuments and historic sites · Târgu Jiu, GJ · Free · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 20 The 29.35 m column of brass-coated cast-iron modules raised by Constantin Brâncuși in 1938 in Târgu Jiu for the heroes of 1916: the eastern end of the “Heroes' Avenue” ensemble, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. - [Coronation Cathedral](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-incoronarii) — Monasteries and churches · Alba Iulia, AB · Free · 45 min · Top 100 The Orthodox cathedral inside Alba Carolina Fortress, built in 1921–1922 for the coronation of Ferdinand and Marie as king and queen of Greater Romania, with a 58 m bell tower and royal portraits in fresco. - [The Gate of the Kiss](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/poarta-sarutului) — Monuments and historic sites · Târgu Jiu, GJ · Free · 20 min · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 100 The travertine gate carved by Constantin Brâncuși in 1937–1938 at the entrance to Târgu Jiu's Central Park, part of the “Heroes' Way” ensemble, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. - [Sighet Memorial](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/memorialul-sighet) — Museums and memorial houses · Sighetu Marmației, MM · 25 lei · 2 – 2½ hours · Top 100 The former Sighet prison, where the political elite of interwar Romania died, turned by Ana Blandiana and Romulus Rusan into the first museum of communism in Eastern Europe; over 50 cells made into exhibition rooms. - [St Michael's Cathedral](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-romano-catolica-sfantul-mihail) — Monasteries and churches · Alba Iulia, AB · Free · 45 min · Top 100 Romania's oldest and longest cathedral, Romanesque and Gothic, at the heart of the Alba Carolina Fortress; it holds the tomb of John Hunyadi and the first Renaissance chapel in Transylvania. - [Enisala Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-enisala) — Fortresses and fortifications · Enisala, TL · 20 lei · Top 100 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. - [Heroes' Cross on Caraiman Peak](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/crucea-caraiman) — Monuments and historic sites · Bușteni, PH · 10 lei · 2½ – 3 hours · Top 100 A 39 m steel cross raised in the 1920s on the edge of the Caraiman escarpment, at 2,291 m, in memory of the heroes of the First World War; it can be seen from all over Bușteni. - [Histria Citadel](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-histria) — Fortresses and fortifications · Istria, CT · 32 lei · 1½ – 2 hours · Top 100 The ruins of the oldest city on Romanian soil, a Greek colony founded by Miletus in the 7th century BC on the shore of Lake Sinoe, with the site museum alongside. - [Rock Sculpture of Decebalus](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/chipul-lui-decebal) — Monuments and historic sites · Eșelnița, MH · Free · ½ – 1 hours · Top 100 The face of the Dacian king Decebalus, carved between 1994 and 2004 into a 55 m rock at the mouth of the Mraconia, on the Romanian bank of the Danube: the tallest rock sculpture in Europe. - [The Table of Silence](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/masa-tacerii) — Monuments and historic sites · Târgu Jiu, GJ · Free · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 100 Constantin Brâncuși's round stone table with 12 hourglass seats, in the park on the banks of the Jiu: the western end of the Heroes' Way ensemble, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. - [Bethlen Castle in Criș](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/castelul-bethlen-cris) — Castles and palaces · Criș, MS · ½ – 1 hours The most complete Renaissance residence left in Transylvania, seat of the Bethlen family: a tower with soldier reliefs, an arcaded loggia and bastioned walls, now under restoration. - [The Black Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-neagra) — Monasteries and churches · Brașov, BV · 30 lei · 45 min Romania's largest Gothic church, built by the Saxons of Brașov between 1383 and 1477; inside are the 1839 Buchholz organ and a rare collection of Anatolian carpets. - [Bethlen-Haller Castle](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/castelul-bethlen-haller) — Castles and palaces · Cetatea de Baltă, AB · 39 lei · ½ – 1 hours A Renaissance castle with four round towers, built by the Bethlen family on a hill above the Târnava Mică; today it is the emblem of Jidvei wines and is visited on hourly guided tours. - [Black Tower](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/turnul-negru-brasov) — Fortresses and fortifications · Brașov, BV · 30 min A square 15th-century watchtower perched on a rock outside Brașov's western walls, with a glass pyramid roof and a platform looking out over the old town and the Black Church. - [Costești-Cetățuie Dacian Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-dacica-costesti-cetatuie) — Fortresses and fortifications · Costești, HD · 10 lei · 1 – 1½ hours · UNESCO World Heritage A Dacian fortress on Cetățuia hill, at the gateway to the Orăștie Mountains: earth ramparts, a stone wall built in the Hellenistic manner, tower houses and temples, a UNESCO site. - [Council Square (Piața Sfatului)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/piata-sfatului-brasov) — Monuments and historic sites · Brașov, BV · Free · 1 – 1½ hours The main square of old Brașov, lined with merchants' houses and dominated by the Council House, the old town hall with its watchtower, now the County History Museum, with Tâmpa as a backdrop. - [Humor Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-humor) — Monasteries and churches · Mănăstirea Humorului, SV · ½ – 1 hours · UNESCO World Heritage The church built in 1530 by chancellor Toader Bubuiog under Petru Rareș, painted outside in shades of red, with an open porch and Vasile Lupu's tower; a UNESCO site. - [Maria Radna Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-maria-radna) — Monasteries and churches · Lipova, AR · ½ – 1 hours The largest Baroque pilgrimage church in western Romania, its 67-metre towers rising above the Mureș, with a miracle-working icon and corridors covered in votive paintings. - [Strada Sforii (Rope Street)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/strada-sforii) — Monuments and historic sites · Brașov, BV · Free · 10 min A passage 1.1–1.35 m wide in Brașov's old town, recorded in the 17th century and counted among the narrowest streets in Europe; closed for repairs since November 2025. - [White Tower](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/turnul-alb-brasov) — Fortresses and fortifications · Brașov, BV · Free · 45 min A 15th-century horseshoe-shaped defence tower perched on a rock above the Graft, with one of the best views over Brașov's old town. - [Anghel Saligny Bridge at Fetești](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/podul-saligny-fetesti) — Monuments and historic sites · Fetești, IL · Free · 20 min The railway bridge over the Borcea branch, part of the complex Anghel Saligny built in 1890–1895 between Fetești and Cernavodă; best seen from a distance, next to the new A2 bridge. - [Arbore Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-arbore) — Monasteries and churches · Arbore, SV · 45 min · UNESCO World Heritage The church built in 1502 by Hetman Luca Arbore, with no tower and exterior frescoes from 1541 dominated by green; a UNESCO site, today the church of Arbore Monastery. - [Arch of Triumph](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/arcul-de-triumf) — Monuments and historic sites · București · 15 lei · 45 min The 27 m interwar monument at the end of Șoseaua Kiseleff, built in memory of the Great Union, with 292 steps up to a terrace overlooking northern Bucharest. - [Ascension Cathedral (Roman Catholic Cathedral)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-romano-catolica-satu-mare) — Monasteries and churches · Satu Mare, SM · Free · 30 min The Cathedral of the Ascension, rebuilt in neoclassical style between 1830 and 1837: a portico of six Corinthian columns and two towers dominate Piața Libertății, and inside lies the tomb of a martyr bishop. - [Bănița Dacian Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-dacica-banita) — Fortresses and fortifications · Bănița, HD · Free · 1½ – 2 hours · UNESCO World Heritage The ruins of a Dacian fortress on the rocky summit of Piatra Cetății, above the DN66, which guarded the southern approach to Sarmizegetusa Regia; a UNESCO site, reached only on foot by a steep climb. - [Bârsana Wooden Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-barsana) — Monasteries and churches · Bârsana, MM · 30 min · UNESCO World Heritage Bârsana's old wooden church, dating from 1711, stands on Jbâr Hill in an orchard full of crosses; inside is Toader Hodor's Baroque painting of 1806. A UNESCO site. - [Black Eagle Palace](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/palatul-vulturul-negru) — Monuments and historic sites · Oradea, BH · Free · 30 min A Secession building from 1907–1908 on Piața Unirii in Oradea, with a glass-roofed passage and a stained-glass window of a black eagle, from which it takes its name. - [Brâncoveanu Monastery of Sâmbăta de Sus](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-brancoveanu-sambata-de-sus) — Monasteries and churches · Sâmbăta de Sus, BV · 1 – 1½ hours Orthodox monastery founded by Constantin Brâncoveanu below the Făgăraș Mountains: the church rebuilt in 1926–1946 on its old foundations, an icon museum and a new Brâncovenesc-style precinct. - [Brașov Fortress (Cetățuia)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatuia-brasovului) — Fortresses and fortifications · Brașov, BV · Free · ½ – 1 hours A bastioned fortress on Citadel Hill, north of the old town, built to stop enemies firing on Brașov from the heights; the interior is closed for works, but the walls and the view can be enjoyed from the paths on the hill. - [Callatis Citadel](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-callatis) — Fortresses and fortifications · Mangalia, CT · 10 lei The ruins of the Greek city from which Mangalia grew: the circuit wall with its towers and the Syrian-type basilica on the clifftop promenade, steps from the beach, plus the town's archaeology museum. - [Căpâlna Dacian Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-dacica-capalna) — Fortresses and fortifications · Căpâlna, AB · Free · 1½ – 2 hours · UNESCO World Heritage The ruins of a Dacian fortress on a wooded hill above the Sebeș valley: limestone walls in the murus dacicus technique and the base of a tower house, the only Dacian UNESCO site in Alba County. - [Catherine's Gate](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/poarta-ecaterinei) — Fortresses and fortifications · Brașov, BV · Free · 20 min The only surviving medieval gate of Brașov's walled town, a white tower of 1559 with four corner turrets and the town's coat of arms; next to it, the neoclassical Șchei Gate of 1827–1828. - [Comana Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-comana) — Monasteries and churches · Comana, GR · 45 min A fortified lowland monastery founded by Vlad the Impaler in 1461 and rebuilt by Radu Șerban in 1588, with thick walls, a Brâncoveanu-style loggia and the church of St Nicholas, on the edge of the Comana marsh. - [Constanța Peninsula](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/peninsula-constanta) — Monuments and historic sites · Constanța, CT · Free · 2½ – 3 hours Constanța's old town, on the site of ancient Tomis: Ovid Square, the Roman mosaic, the mosque and its minaret, the cathedral, the Genoese Lighthouse and the casino seafront, all a few steps apart. - [Costești-Blidaru Dacian Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-dacica-costesti-blidaru) — Fortresses and fortifications · Costești, HD · 5 lei · 2 – 2½ hours · UNESCO World Heritage One of the strongest Dacian fortresses in the Orăștie Mountains: murus dacicus walls, six towers and a dog-leg entrance, on a wooded hill above Costești, a UNESCO site. - [Dacia Hotel](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/hotelul-dacia-satu-mare) — Monuments and historic sites · Satu Mare, SM · Free · 15 min The former Pannonia Hotel, built in 1901–1902 in Liberty Square to plans by Zoltán Bálint and Lajos Jámbor, is one of the finest Secession buildings in Satu Mare. It can only be seen from outside: it is under restoration. - [First Romanian School](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/prima-scoala-romaneasca) — Museums and memorial houses · Brașov, BV · 20 lei · ½ – 1 hours The old school in the courtyard of St Nicholas' Church in Șcheii Brașovului, now a museum: a classroom with wooden benches, a replica of Coresi's printing press and Romanian books five centuries old. - [Giurgiu Clock Tower](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/turnul-cu-ceas-giurgiu) — Monuments and historic sites · Giurgiu, GR · Free · 15 min An 18th-century Ottoman watchtower, 22 m high and slightly leaning, in the middle of Piața Unirii: the symbol of Giurgiu and of the county's coat of arms. - [Grand Square (Piața Mare)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/piata-mare-sibiu) — Monuments and historic sites · Sibiu, SB · Free · 45 min The main square of old Sibiu, about 140 by 90 metres, enclosed by merchants' houses with "eyes" in their roofs, by the Brukenthal Palace, the Jesuit church and the Council Tower. - [Huniade Castle](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/castelul-huniade-timisoara) — Castles and palaces · Timișoara, TM · 20 min The oldest building in Timișoara, a royal residence in the Middle Ages and the historic home of the Banat Museum; closed for restoration and visible from the outside only. - [Ipotești Memorial](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/memorialul-ipotesti) — Museums and memorial houses · Ipotești, BT · 15 lei · 1 – 1½ hours The Eminovici family house in Ipotești, rebuilt on the foundations of the one from Mihai Eminescu's childhood, with the family's wooden church, his parents' graves and a peasant house holding an ethnographic collection. - [Manuc's Inn](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/hanul-lui-manuc) — Monuments and historic sites · București · Free · 45 min An inn from 1808, built by the merchant and diplomat Manuc Bei beside the Old Court: a listed building with an inner courtyard and wooden balconies, where the 1812 Russo-Turkish peace talks took place. - [Mărășești Mausoleum](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/mausoleul-de-la-marasesti) — Monuments and historic sites · Mărășești, VN · 20 lei · ½ – 1 hours The First World War heroes' mausoleum, built between 1923 and 1938 on the 1917 battlefield, with 5,073 soldiers in its crypts and a museum of the battles. - [Memorial of the December 1989 Revolution](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/memorialul-revolutiei-timisoara) — Museums and memorial houses · Timișoara, TM · 20 lei · 1 – 1½ hours The museum of the Memorial of the Revolution Association, in a former military building in Timișoara: clothes and flags from the days of December 1989, a chapel of the hero-martyrs and the only section of the Berlin Wall in Romania. - [Metropolitan Cathedral of the Three Holy Hierarchs](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-mitropolitana-timisoara) — Monasteries and churches · Timișoara, TM · Free · 30 min The Orthodox cathedral of the Banat, built between 1936 and 1946 in the Neo-Moldavian style, with a main tower of over 80 m, glazed-tile roofs and a museum of old church art in the basement. - [Moldovița Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-moldovita) — Monasteries and churches · Vatra Moldoviței, SV · 1 – 1½ hours · UNESCO World Heritage Founded by Petru Rareș in 1532, with a church painted on the outside in shades of yellow and blue and the famous Siege of Constantinople fresco; a UNESCO site in Bukovina. - [Moon Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-cu-luna) — Monasteries and churches · Oradea, BH · Free · 30 min The Orthodox church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Piața Unirii, built in 1784–1790 and known for the globe in its tower that shows the phases of the Moon, in a mechanism of 1793. - [Oradea City Hall Palace](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/palatul-primariei-oradea) — Monuments and historic sites · Oradea, BH · 15 lei · 30 min An eclectic palace of 1902–1903 on Piața Unirii, home to the city hall, with a tower of almost 50 m: its clock plays Iancu's March, and the top gives a view over the rooftops of the centre. - [Pătrăuți Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-patrauti) — Monasteries and churches · Pătrăuți, SV · UNESCO World Heritage The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, built by Stephen the Great in 1487: his oldest surviving foundation, with the "Cavalcade of the Holy Cross" fresco; a UNESCO site near Suceava. - [Piatra Roșie Dacian Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-dacica-piatra-rosie) — Fortresses and fortifications · Luncani, HD · 1½ – 2 hours · UNESCO World Heritage A Dacian fortress on top of a rocky hill above Luncani, with an ancient paved road of stone steps and tower ruins hidden in the forest; a UNESCO site, far from the crowds. - [Popăuți Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-popauti) — Monasteries and churches · Botoșani, BT · 30 min The Church of St Nicholas, built by Stephen the Great in 1496: the oldest church in Botoșani, of bare red brick, with a stone bell tower from the same period. - [Porolissum Archaeological Complex](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/porolissum) — Monuments and historic sites · Moigrad-Porolissum, SJ · 11 lei · 1½ – 2 hours · UNESCO World Heritage The northernmost bastion of Roman Dacia: the fort with its reconstructed gates, the paved imperial road, the civil town and the amphitheatre, on the hills at Moigrad in Sălaj. - [Probota Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-probota) — Monasteries and churches · Probota, SV · UNESCO World Heritage Peter Rareș's 1530 foundation and his family's burial place, with the fresco-painted church of St Nicholas inside fortress-like walls; a UNESCO site near Dolhasca. - [Regina Maria Theatre](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/teatrul-regina-maria-oradea) — Monuments and historic sites · Oradea, BH · from 25 lei · 2 – 2½ hours The Oradea State Theatre building, designed by the Viennese firm Fellner & Helmer and opened in 1900: an Ionic portico on Piața Ferdinand and an auditorium with boxes and a balcony, still in use every week. - [Roman Catholic Basilica of Oradea](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/bazilica-romano-catolica-oradea) — Monasteries and churches · Oradea, BH · Free · 30 min The Cathedral of the Assumption, built between 1752 and 1780: the largest Baroque church in Romania, with an organ given by Maria Theresa and an interior of marble, frescoes and gilding. - [Roman Catholic Dome of St George](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/domul-romano-catolic-timisoara) — Monasteries and churches · Timișoara, TM · 30 min The Baroque cathedral of the Catholic bishopric of Timișoara, built between 1736 and 1774 on Union Square; restored with EU funds and reopened in April 2023, with the bishops' crypt under the altar. - [Romanian Athenaeum](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/ateneul-roman) — Monuments and historic sites · București · 15 lei · 45 min The concert hall in the heart of Bucharest, built in 1886–1888 and paid for largely by public subscription: Ionic columns outside, a fresco over 70 m long telling the story of the Romanians inside. - [Sfinții Voievozi Monastery, Slobozia](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-sfintii-voievozi-slobozia) — Monasteries and churches · Slobozia, IL · Free · 30 min The oldest monastery in the Bărăgan, founded by the Grand Postelnic Ianache Caragea and rebuilt by Matei Basarab, with a 17th-century brick enclosure wall and a bell tower you enter through. - [Sion Neolog Synagogue](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/sinagoga-sion-oradea) — Monuments and historic sites · Oradea, BH · 15 lei · 30 min A synagogue of 1877–1878 on the bank of the Crișul Repede, with a broad dome and a Moorish-style painted interior; restored and reopened in 2015, it is now a cultural venue. - [Șiria Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-siriei) — Fortresses and fortifications · Șiria, AR · Free · 1 – 1½ hours The ruins of a 13th-century stone fortress on Dealul Cetății above Șiria, with walls, towers and a wide view over the Arad Plain. - [St John the New Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-sf-ioan-cel-nou-suceava) — Monasteries and churches · Suceava, SV · UNESCO World Heritage The former metropolitan cathedral of Moldavia, built in 1514–1522 in the centre of Suceava and home to the relics of St John the New; its church of St George is a UNESCO site. - [St Nicholas Church in Șchei](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-sfantul-nicolae-din-schei) — Monasteries and churches · Brașov, BV · 45 min The Orthodox church of the Romanians of Șcheii Brașovului, built from 1495 on the site of a wooden one, with Gothic-Baroque towers, painted façades and Nicolae Titulescu's grave in the churchyard. - [Stavropoleos Monastery](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastirea-stavropoleos) — Monasteries and churches · București · Free · 30 min A small convent in the Old Town with a Brâncoveanu-style church from 1724, façades painted with saints in medallions, an arcaded courtyard and a lapidary of stones from vanished Bucharest churches. - [Sucidava Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-sucidava) — Fortresses and fortifications · Corabia, OT · Free · ½ – 1 hours The Daco-Roman and Roman-Byzantine fortress in Corabia, with its excavated walls and towers, a 6th-century basilica, the "secret well" and the northern pier of Constantine the Great's bridge over the Danube. - [Traian Square (Piața Traian)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/piata-traian-braila) — Monuments and historic sites · Brăila, BR · Free · 45 min The central square of old Brăila, from which the streets of the historic centre fan out, with the blue Public Clock of 1909, the Holy Archangels church, a former mosque, and the statue of Trajan. - [Turnu Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-turnu) — Fortresses and fortifications · Turnu Măgurele, TR · 30 min The ruins of a medieval fortress on the Danube bank, documented in the time of Mircea the Elder and held by the Ottomans until 1829, with a consolidated round central tower. - [Union Square (Piața Unirii)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/piata-unirii-timisoara) — Monuments and historic sites · Timișoara, TM · Free · ½ – 1 hours Timișoara's oldest square, about 150 by 110 metres, laid out in the Baroque style around the Roman Catholic Cathedral, the Serbian Cathedral and the Plague Column, among colourful houses from the 18th to the 20th centuries. - [Vaslui Princely Court (Curtea Domnească din Vaslui)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/curtea-domneasca-vaslui) — Monuments and historic sites · Vaslui, VS · 45 min An archaeological park laid out on the site of Moldavia's princely court in Vaslui, with the Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist, a foundation of Stephen the Great from 1490, in the town centre. - [Victory Square (Piața Victoriei)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/piata-victoriei-timisoara) — Monuments and historic sites · Timișoara, TM · Free · 45 min Timișoara's pedestrian esplanade between the Opera in the Palace of Culture and the Metropolitan Cathedral, lined with the Corso palaces and the place where Timișoara was declared the first free city in December 1989. --- Full page: https://peplaiuri.ro/en/monumente-si-situri-istorice Other languages: Română: https://peplaiuri.ro/monumente-si-situri-istorice.md · Deutsch: https://peplaiuri.ro/de/monumente-si-situri-istorice.md · Italiano: https://peplaiuri.ro/it/monumente-si-situri-istorice.md Source: Pe Plaiuri (https://peplaiuri.ro/en) — Guide to tourist attractions in Romania