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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.
A synagogue built in 1845–1846 by Ashkenazi Jews who had come from Poland, with a neoclassical façade and a painted, gilded hall; it houses the permanent exhibition on the Holocaust in Romania.
The ruins of the only surviving Cistercian abbey in Romania, built around 1200 in the Early Gothic style, with its choir now serving as an Evangelical church.
An 18th-century Austrian fortress on the hill above Cluj, of which walls, gate buildings and storehouses survive; today it is the city's favourite viewpoint, with a 26 m cross.
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.
The pedestrian quarter between Calea Victoriei and Piața Unirii, with streets named after the old guilds, the ruins of the Princely Court, Bucharest's oldest church and covered arcades from the 19th century.
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.
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.
The Baroque Franciscan church of Șumuleu Ciuc (Csíksomlyó) holds a 16th-century statue of the Virgin Mary and is the goal of Romania's largest Catholic pilgrimage, at Pentecost.
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.
The Gothic church of the Sibiu Saxons, with a 73-metre tower you can climb, the 1914 Sauer organ, the 1445 Crucifixion fresco and the gravestones of the ferula.
The largest auxiliary fort in eastern Dacia, on a terrace by the Olt west of the village of Hoghiz: earth banks and traces of walls in the fields, part of the UNESCO site of the Dacian limes.
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.
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.
An auxiliary Roman fort on Urieșilor Hill above the Mureș, near Geoagiu, with foundations, a headquarters building with an underground treasury unique in Dacia, and wide views over the valley.
