
Bálványos Fortress
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.
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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.

An eclectic manor on a hill near Aiud, with an octagonal tower and a Baroque gable, restored by Alba County Council and now a cultural centre, open to visitors during events.

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.
A natural cave 162 m long in the village of Peștera, Moieciu commune: a natural monument with bat colonies and traces of Palaeolithic occupation, a few minutes' walk from the village.

A Baroque manor house of the second half of the 18th century in the centre of Beclean, with a vaulted gate and a coat of arms dated 1768; today it houses the Agricultural Technological High School.

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.

The Gothic church of the Saxons on School Hill, with 15th-century frescoes, the only crypt in Transylvania and altars rescued from nearby villages, at the top of the covered wooden staircase of 1642.

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.

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.

A church in central Bucharest, built in 1881–1885 on the site of three earlier churches, with exposed-brick façades, rich interior painting and the tomb of Domnița Bălașa, daughter of Constantin Brâncoveanu.

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.

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.













