Crizbav fortress – overview
Lookout point close to the fortress
Inside the main tower at Crizbav Fortress
Liteni fortress, August 2019
Liteni fortress was first mentioned in the year 1324 under the name of “Castrum Leta”.
The fortress was badly damaged on 12 February 1562 during a siege when the black powder storage exploded. Around 1569 the owners decided to rebuild and settle it.
The fortress was abandoned at the start of XVIII century.
Cetatea Saschiz, August 2019
First mentioned at around 1347, this fortress was built by the villagers from Saschiz for shelter and food storage.
The fortress sits at around 681m altitude on a 5000 sq meters hill.
Cetatea Saschiz – Main entrance
The fortress has the shape of an uneven rectangle, of 90m max lenght and 52m max width.
Cetatea Colt – July 2015
Colt Fortress – XIV century, first mentioned around 1359.
Supposedly it inspired Jules Verne to write “The Carpathian Castle”, a novel published in 1892.
Inside the donjon (castle keep).
Colt monastery, at the base of the fortress’s hill, close to Suseni village.
Fagaras Castle, August 2011
Build at the end of XIV century, it was further extended until the XVII century when it received a motte and bailey fortification and a palisade.
The castle consists of 85 very beautiful decorated rooms, being used over the years for housing royalty and foreign guests.
The whole area is worth visiting, being surrounded by a beautiful lake, with water being drawn from the Olt river. It’s walls are 8 meters thick, and most of the fortifications are still intact.
You can see most of the castle, this including the inner courtyard, the smithy, the dungeons, and the outer walls.
We are standing on the northern wall of Fagaras Castle. To the west we can see the cathedral, still being built, and to the south the inner fortress
If you ever pass trough Fagaras city, take some time to visit the castle, you won’t regret it 🙂