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.

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