What Romania keeps off the postcards
103 lesser-known monuments, fortresses, ruins and film sets across Romania. Pick a dot on the map and find out why it is worth the detour.
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Bonțida Bánffy Castle
Bonțida · Baroque “Versailles of Transylvania”
Cantacuzino Castle
Bușteni · Neo-Romanian palace seen in Netflix’s Wednesday
Făgăraș Citadel
Făgăraș · moated fortress and princely seat
Râșnov Citadel
Brașov County · peasant fortress with a legendary well
Sturdza Palace
Miclăușeni · neo-Gothic castle with an English park
Alba Iulia Fortress
Alba Iulia · star-shaped Vauban citadel on Roman foundations
Anghel Saligny Bridge
Cernavodă · 1895 Danube railway bridge, once Europe’s longest
Antim Monastery
Bucharest · 1715 monastery with carved stone and a snail emblem
Filmed here
Films and series shot at these places in Romania. Walk where the cameras stood.
Bonțida Bánffy Castle
Bonțida · Baroque “Versailles of Transylvania”
Cantacuzino Castle
Bușteni · Neo-Romanian palace seen in Netflix’s Wednesday
Făgăraș Citadel
Făgăraș · moated fortress and princely seat
Râșnov Citadel
Brașov County · peasant fortress with a legendary well
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- Alba Iulia Fortress
- Anghel Saligny Bridge
- Antim Monastery
- Arbore Church
- Bálványos Castle
- Bănița Dacian Fortress
- Basarab Overpass
- Biertan Fortified Church
- Bistrița Monastery
- Black Tower, Brașov
- Bogdana Monastery
- Bonțida Bánffy Castle
- Borzești Church
- Bridge of Lies
- Budești Josani Church
- Câlnic Fortress
- Cantacuzino Castle
- Cantacuzino Palace
- Căpâlna Fortress
- Capidava
- Cârța Monastery
- Castra Potaissa
- Castrum Apulum
- Argamum
- Castrum Noviodunum
- Castrum Tibiscum
- Catherine’s Gate
- Cernavodă Bridge
- Cernica Monastery
- Cetățuia Monastery
- Chindia Tower
- Church of the Holy Archangels, Rogoz
- Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple in Bârsana
- Clock Tower of Giurgiu
- Clock Tower of Sighișoara
- Costești-Blidaru Dacian Fortress
- Council Tower of Sibiu
- Cozia Monastery
- Curtea de Argeș Monastery
- Dârjiu Fortified Church
- Dealu Monastery
- Densuș Church
- Dinogetia
- Dobrovăț Monastery
- Dragomirna Monastery
- Eiffel Bridge, Ungheni
- Făgăraș Citadel
- Foișorul de Foc
- Fortress Church, Târgu Mureș
- Fortress of Arad
- Fortress of Deva
- Galați TV Tower
- Genoese Lighthouse
- Golia Monastery
- Halmyris
- Heroes’ Cross on Caraiman Peak
- Histria
- Horezu Monastery
- Humor Monastery
- Ieud Hill Church
- Kemény Castle in Brâncovenești
- Kretzulescu Church
- Lainici Monastery
- Lions’ Obelisk
- Esmahan Sultan Mosque
- Mausoleum of Mărășești
- Mausoleum of Mateiaș
- Mikó Castle
- Moldovița Monastery
- Neamț Monastery
- Nicula Monastery
- Poenari Castle
- Porolissum
- Prejmer Fortified Church
- Probota Monastery
- Putna Monastery
- Radu Vodă Monastery
- Râșnov Citadel
- Roșia Fortified Church
- Rupea Citadel
- Sâmbăta de Sus Monastery
- Săpânța-Peri Monastery
- Sarmizegetusa Regia
- Saschiz Fortified Church
- Șchei Gate
- Seat Fortress of Suceava
- Șimleu Silvaniei Fort
- Sinaia Monastery
- Snagov Monastery
- Stavropoleos Monastery
- Stephen’s Tower
- Sturdza Palace
- Sucevița Monastery
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
- Trei Ierarhi Monastery
- Tropaeum Traiani
- Turnu Fortress
- Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa
- Valea Viilor Fortified Church
- Văratec Monastery
- Viscri Fortified Church
- Iosefin Water Tower
- Saint Parascheva Wooden Church, Desești