Făgăraș Citadel

Făgăraș Citadel
Romanian: Cetatea Făgărașului
Hungarian: Fogaras Vár
German: Fogarascher Burg
Location within Romania
Former names Cetatea Mihai Viteazul
General information
Type Citadel
Location Făgăraș
Brașov County
Country  Romania
Coordinates 45°50′42″N 24°58′26″E / 45.84500°N 24.97389°E / 45.84500; 24.97389
Construction started 1310[1]

Făgăraș Citadel (Romanian: Cetatea Făgărașului, Hungarian: Fogaras Vár, German: Fogarascher Burg) is a historic monument in Făgăraș, Romania.

View of the citadel in the interwar period

Notes

  1. fagarasonline.ro. "Fagaras Online - Istoria incepe aici". Retrieved 10 August 2011.
Twilight at Făgăraş Citadel”, painting by Valeriu Pantazi
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