Cetatea Fagaras: Poarta de intrare
Fagaras Fortress, the most imposing monument of the region, whose construction began at the end of the 14th century and continued until the middle of the 17th century, has been preceded by a wooden fortification surrounded by at fosse and a soil wall dating from the 12th century. In the 15th century, the stone fortress, having a quadrilateral precinct with bastion towers and a barbican outpost tower, was a military fortification which corresponded to the occidental fortification style introduced in Transylvania in the 14th century. The 16th century brought the most important changes to the fortress architecture, which will transform the defense fortress into a castle having a strong exterior fortification.
In the 17th century, architectural changes — the construction of the bastions, stylistic and artistic changes, and the arrangement of the fosse — set the current shape of the fortress. Nowadays the fortress is like a real princely court, the main role of the fortress had was that of being a residence for the princes of Transylvania and their wives and the one as administrative center of the big domain of Fagaras.
Being attacked and assaulted countless times, Fagaras Fortress having a well-build system has never been conquered.
After 1696 the fortress became a garrison for the Austrian army, then for the Magyar army, and after that for the Romanian army. Between 1948 and 1960 the fortress was a communist prison
Cetatea Fagaras: Poarta de intrare
Fagaras Fortress, the most imposing monument of the region, whose construction began at the end of the 14th century and continued until the middle of the 17th century, has been preceded by a wooden fortification surrounded by at fosse and a soil wall dating from the 12th century. In the 15th century, the stone fortress, having a quadrilateral precinct with bastion towers and a barbican outpost tower, was a military fortification which corresponded to the occidental fortification style introduced in Transylvania in the 14th century. The 16th century brought the most important changes to the fortress architecture, which will transform the defense fortress into a castle having a strong exterior fortification.
In the 17th century, architectural changes — the construction of the bastions, stylistic and artistic changes, and the arrangement of the fosse — set the current shape of the fortress. Nowadays the fortress is like a real princely court, the main role of the fortress had was that of being a residence for the princes of Transylvania and their wives and the one as administrative center of the big domain of Fagaras.
Being attacked and assaulted countless times, Fagaras Fortress having a well-build system has never been conquered.
After 1696 the fortress became a garrison for the Austrian army, then for the Magyar army, and after that for the Romanian army. Between 1948 and 1960 the fortress was a communist prison