Fagaras/Romania

Fagaras Fortress
The most imposing monument of the province, one of the largest and best preserved of the whole country and even Europe. Feudal fortress of Fagaras complex, whose construction began in the late fourteenth century and continued by successive additions, until the mid-sixteenth century, was preceded by a wooden fort, surrounded by a ditch and earth wave , attested archaeological twelfth century century. This fort, evidence of the existence of a local political-military organization in Fagaras early rulers, was destroyed in the middle of the nineteenth century XHI, following a serious fire, as confirmed by the unearthed remains of archaeological excavations that have accompanied the works restoration.
In the fifteenth century castle of stone and brick from Fagaras city certified as military defense, with four towers at the corners and a bastion tower on the east side outpost.

3 In the first half of XVI century, between 1528-1541, Stefan Mailat, the feudal lord of the Fagaras range, then ruler of Transylvania, the city turn military defeat into a fortified feudal castle inatacabii, simultaneously builds a new premises and turn east tower outside the city gate tower. right gate, gate arms of nobility of the eastern wall, carved in stone, Stefan's mail and his wife.
Residence of the princes of Transylvania, feudal fortress of Fagaras complex has defined the shape and proportions present in the late sixteenth century and first half of the seventeenth century, are taken in time iucrari Important princes Bafthazar Bathory, Gabriel Rackoczi Bethlen and George I.
Thus, Gabriel Bethlen brought Italian architects who built printing Renaissance aesthetics, motifs and coats of arms, stucco, open loggias springs simultaneously from the four corners of the castle towers are built, fortress-style Italian.
During George Rackoczi I were accompanied by interior side of exterior walls on the north and south, and in the spaces created by land filling was applied, achieving a strength of 8 m thick. Body building is now under construction on the east side guard and the moats around the castle is widened, deepened and filled with water from River, thus becoming a real lake.
Following these works, the great field adrninistrativ Fagaras Fortress of Fagaras - has become an imposing medieval ensemble. Adaptations and additions to the building which is subject to the city will culminate in the seventeenth century, transforming it into a pompous princely residence, which is the zenith of the history of this majestic monument

St. Nicholas Church's oldest architectural monument of religious buildings still standing in Fagaras, was built by the great Roman ruler to pleas Fagaras, left without a place of worship after the old one burned. Built between June 1697 and September 1698 the church was painted by master painters of Campulung. The fourth dispute, being kidnapped and turned into a Roman Orthodox Church Greek-Catholic bishop Innocent until Ioan Micu manages to transfer the headquarters of the Fagaras Episcopate Blaj. The palace chapel of this church is the Mogosoaia Brancoveanu, built in 1688. In turn, the church was modeled after Fagaras local artisans were inspired to raise many monuments in the villages of Fagaras. Usa, beautifully carved, is above the inscription, which is the emblem in the middle of the Romanian Country.
Evangelical Church of the fast current church built between 1842-1843, after previous buildings were destroyed in the fire one by one. The real founder of the church designed in neoclassical style is considered Karl Brukenthal. repeated during construction it was discovered a valuable Bible, printed in German in 1544. On entering the church are three cemeteries in the first half of the nineteenth century, which are carved Saxon tanners guild signs and wheelwrights. The church houses an old organ.

After Trinity Church, in 1723, were kidnapped church, founded Brancoveanu, Fagaras the Orthodox were forced to raise his country. started in 1782, the new church was completed a year later, and only its tower in 1791, church documents creation, found during repairs performed in 1395, certifying that the workers had been masons of Brasov. Church is the guardian of artistic value, among which two icons painted in oil in 1725. The existence of the church was very much the Fagaras Roman merchants who have supported it with funds, but also the names of some intellectuals, the initiators of the project of setting up the Romanian Fagaras a school, this school, founded in 1869, ran on the church only until 1873.

Rome Catholic Church no Franciscan monastery Although since the fifteenth century is attested by a Roman Catholic monastery in Fagaras, with another location, the present church and monastery building was completed in 1737. Fire in May 1760, when he burned the entire city was destroyed and the roof of this church, next year, it was rebuilt in the Rococo style. Built in the same style, the monastery is the arcaded courtyard corridors, there are two clocks indicating ds sun hours from 8 to 15. Listed as monuments of architecture, the church houses an organ Angster 1895.