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Castles In Romania
This is a list of castles and fortresses declared monument istoric, historic monuments by Romania's Ministry of Culture (Romania), Ministry of Culture. Banat ; Caraș-Severin County, Caraș-Severin (6) * Bey's Fortress, Socolari * Caransebeș Fortress, Caransebeș * Cuiești Fortress, Bocșa * Ladislau Fortress, Coronini * Mehadia Fortress, Mehadia * Turk's Fortress (''Turski Grad''), Carașova ; Timiș County, Timiș (10) * Ciacova Fortress, Ciacova * Făget Fortress, Făget * Huniade Castle, Timișoara * Jdioara Fortress, Criciova, Jdioara * Karátsonyi Castle, Banloc * Margina Fortress, Margina * Castle of Count de Mercy, Sânandrei, Carani * Morisena Fortress, Cenad * Nákó Castle, Sânnicolau Mare * Timișoara Fortress, Timișoara Bukovina ; Suceava County, Suceava (3) * Șcheia Fortress, Suceava * Princely Fortress, Suceava * Seat Fortress of Suceava, Suceava Crișana ; Arad County, Arad (22) * Agrișu Mare Fortress, Târnova, Arad, Agrișu Mare * Fortress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle
A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private fortified house, fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a mansion, palace, and villa, whose main purpose was exclusively for ''pleasance'' and are not primarily fortresses but may be fortified. Use of the term has varied over time and, sometimes, has also been applied to structures such as hill forts and 19th- and 20th-century homes built to resemble castles. Over the Middle Ages, when genuine castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain wall (fortification), curtain walls, arrowslits, and portcullises, were commonplace. European-style castles originated in the 9th and 10th centuries after the fall of the Carolingian Empire, which resulted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huniade Castle
The Huniade Castle (; ; ) is the oldest monument in Timișoara, Romania, built between 1443 and 1447 by John Hunyadi and Paolo Santini de Duccio over the old royal castle dating from the 14th century (built during the reign of Charles I of Hungary, Charles I Robert). The castle was rebuilt by the Turkish pashas in the 17th century and by Prince Eugene of Savoy in the 18th century. The structure owes its present appearance to the 1850s reconstruction campaign. It houses the History, Archeology and Natural Sciences sections of the National Museum of Banat. History Old castle The construction of the current Huniade Castle began in the 14th century, after a visit by King Charles I of Hungary, Charles I Robert to Timișoara in 1307. He decided to establish his residence here and considered it necessary to build a castle to his liking. The construction was probably carried out by Italian builders and most likely finished in 1315, because in 1316 the king was already settled in his n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suceava
Suceava () is a Municipiu, city in northeastern Romania. The seat of Suceava County, it is situated in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Bukovina and Western Moldavia, Moldavia, northeastern Romania. It is the largest urban settlement of Suceava County, with a population of 84,308 inhabitants according to the 2021 Romanian census. During the Late Middle Ages, late Middle Ages, namely between 1388 and 1564 (or from the late 14th century to the late 16th century), this middle-sized town was the capital of the Moldavia, Principality of Moldavia. Later on, it became an important, strategically located commercial town of the Habsburg monarchy, Austrian Empire, and Austria-Hungary (formerly belonging to Cisleithania or the Austrian part of the dual monarchy) on the border with the Romanian Old Kingdom. Nowadays, the town is known for its reconstructed Medieval Seat Fortress of Suceava, medieval seat fortress (further rebuilt through the European Union, EU-funded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cetatea De Scaun A Sucevei La Ceas De Seara
Cetatea may refer to several villages in Romania: * Cetatea, a village in Dobromir Commune, Constanța County * Cetatea, a village in Frătești Commune, Giurgiu County * Cetatea, a village in Căpreni Commune, Gorj County Gorj County () is a county () of Romania, in Oltenia, with its capital city at Târgu Jiu. ''Gorj'' comes from the Slavic ''Gornji'' Jiu (“upper Jiu”), in contrast with Dolnji (“lower Jiu”). Demographics At the 2011 census, the count ... * Cetatea, a village in Rădoiești Commune, Teleorman County and to: * ''Cetatea Albă'', the Romanian name for Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine See also * Cetate (other) * Cetățuia (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suceava County
Suceava County () is a county (') of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the southern part of the Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Bukovina, while the remainder forms part of Western Moldavia proper. The county seat and the most populous urban settlement of the county is Suceava. Demographics In 2011, as per the 2011 Romanian census, official census conducted that year, Suceava County had a population of 634,810, with a population density of 74/km2. The proportion of each constituent ethnic group is displayed below as follows, according to how they were officially recorded: * Romanians – 96.14% * Romani people in Romania, Romani – 1.92% * Ukrainians of Romania, Ukrainians (including Hutsuls and Rusyns) – 0.92% * Lipovans – 0.27% * Germans of Romania, Germans (namely Bukovina Germans, Zipser Germans/Saxons, and Regat Germans) – 0.11% * West Slavs (i.e. Poles in Romania, Poles, Slovaks of Romania, Slovaks, and Czechs of Romania, Czechs) as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actual Suceava County CoA
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Timișoara Fortress
Timișoara Fortress (, , , , ) is a historical fortress in western Romania around which the town of Timișoara was built. It is presumed that there was an earlier Fortification, earthworks fortification built by the Pannonian Avars, Avars, but the first written record is from the 13th century. At the beginning of the 14th century Charles I of Hungary built the first stone fortification, the Angevin fortress. In 1443 John Hunyadi restored Huniade Castle, the castle and the surrounding walls, which had been destroyed by an earthquake. The fortress was captured in 1552 by the Ottoman Turks, who held it till 1716 when it was taken by the House of Habsburg, Habsburgs. The Habsburgs reconstructed it, making it much bigger in the style of Blaise Francois Pagan, a precursor of the Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Vauban system. The Habsburg fortress was besieged only once, during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, Hungarian Revolution in 1849. The increased effectiveness of artillery wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sânnicolau Mare
Sânnicolau Mare (; ; ; Banat Swabians, Banat Swabian: ''Sanniklos''; ; Banat Bulgarian dialect, Banat Bulgarian: ''Smikluš'') is a List of cities and towns in Romania, town in Timiș County, Romania, and the westernmost in the country. Located in the Banat region, along the borders with Serbia and Hungary, it has a population of 10,627 as of 2021. Geography Sânnicolau Mare is the westernmost town of Romania and Timiș County, being also the third largest town in the county after Timișoara and Lugoj. It is a border town, having a border with Hungary, on the unregularized course of the Mureș (river), Mureș River. It covers an area of , 1.55% of the area of Timiș County. It borders Saravale to the east, Tomnatic to the south, Teremia Mare to the southwest, Dudeștii Vechi to the west. and Cenad to the northwest. The town numbers 112 streets with a length of , arranged perpendicularly to each other. The length of the town is , and the width is . The houses are arranged accor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cenad
Cenad (, during the Dark Ages ''Marosvár''; , archaically ''Maroschburg''; ; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Cenad. The village serves as a customs point on the border with Hungary. Today's village was formed by merging Cenadu Mare ("Great Cenad" or " Rascian Cenad"; ) and Cenadu Vechi ("Old Cenad" or "German Cenad"; ) in the 20th century. Geography Cenad is located in the west of Timiș County, on the left bank of the Mureș River, on the border with Hungary. It borders Igriș to the northeast, Saravale to the southeast, Sânnicolau Mare to the south, Dudeștii Vechi to the southwest and Beba Veche to the west. Climate The climate is temperate continental, with weak Mediterranean influences. It is manifested by milder winters and summers that are not excessively hot, the average annual temperature being , and the average multiannual rainfall being . History Cenad is one of the localities with the oldest documented history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sânandrei
Sânandrei (formerly Sântandraș; ; ; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Carani, Covaci and Sânandrei (commune seat). Name Geography Sânandrei is located in western Romania, in the south of the Western Plain, also known as the Tisa Plain, from Timișoara. The total area of Sânandrei commune, composed of the three villages of Sânandrei, Carani and Covaci, is , of which is in the built-up area and is outside the built-up area. History Sânandrei Sânandrei is one of the oldest settlements in Banat, whose first recorded mention dates from 1230, when it was owned by the chapter of Arad. In the medieval period it was a Romanian locality. In 1717 it had 23 houses and was called ''St. André''. The first colonization of the village with Germans took place in 1748–1749. The second wave of colonization took place in 1766, when French people were brought in, and in 1772 the third wave of colonists settled, consisting of 42 Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margina
Margina (; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Breazova, Bulza, Coșevița, Coșteiu de Sus, Groși, Margina (commune seat), Nemeșești, Sintești and Zorani. Geography Margina is located in the eastern extremity of Timiș County, east of Făget, and is crossed by the Bega River. The commune has an area of , which represents about 1.5% of the area of Timiș County. Flora The vegetation consists of forests, secondary meadows, floodplain meadows, trees and agricultural crops. The forests cover an area of and are managed by Făget Forest District and Valea Mare Forest District in Arad County. The most important species of trees found in the forests of the commune are beech, sessile oak, pedunculate oak, Hungarian oak, Turkey oak, hornbeam, black locust, linden (especially in the forests of Coșteiu de Sus and Groși), elm, birch, wild pear, crab apple, wild cherry and pine plantations. At the edge of the forest grow hazels, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
