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A September Week in Romania: Ten Heritage Places

Ten heritage places in one September loop through Romania: Bucharest and the Saxon south at Bran and Sighișoara; the painted […]

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Ten heritage places in one September loop through Romania: Bucharest and the Saxon south at Bran and Sighișoara; the painted monastery of Voroneț in Bukovina and the wooden churches of Maramureș in the north; then Art Nouveau Oradea, the citadel of Alba Iulia, the Dacian capital of Sarmizegetusa Regia, Brâncuși’s sculptures at Târgu Jiu and the Brâncovenesc monastery of Horezu. Timed for Romania’s Zilele Europene ale Patrimoniului, the European Heritage Days of September. Each stop links to its full entry in the archive; download the GPX or KML for your own navigator.

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1
Cotroceni Palace — view

Cotroceni Palace

Romania's official presidential residence in Bucharest, home to the National Cotroceni Museum and a centre of political and cultural significance.

Dwell ~150min

2
Bran Castle — via Wikimedia Commons

Bran Castle – Virtual Tour 360°

Bran Castle is a 14th-century Gothic fortress perched on a rocky outcrop in the Carpathian Mountains near the town of Bran, in Brașov County, Romania.…

Dwell ~120min

3
Sighișoara

Sighișoara

Sighișoara's hilltop citadel, raised by Transylvanian Saxons from the twelfth century, keeps nine of its original fourteen guild towers, a working Clock Tower and the house said to be Vlad III's birthplace.

Dwell ~150min

4
Voroneț Monastery — view

Voroneț Monastery

Built by Stephen the Great in 1488 to commemorate a military victory, this UNESCO-listed Moldavian monastery is famed for its vivid blue frescoes and is…

Dwell ~120min

5
Wooden churches of Maramureș — view

Wooden churches of Maramureș

Nearly 100 Orthodox timber churches rise from Maramureș's mountain villages, their tall bell towers and folk-painted interiors spanning the 17th–19th…

Dwell ~120min

8
Sarmizegetusa Regia – Virtual Tour 360°

Sarmizegetusa Regia – Virtual Tour 360°

The political, military, and religious capital of the Dacian kingdom, systematically destroyed by the Roman Emperor Trajan in 106 AD and now one of the most…

Dwell ~120min

10
Horezu Monastery — view

Horezu Monastery

A 1690 Wallachian monastery commissioned by Prince Constantin Brâncoveasu, Horezu exemplifies Brâncovenesc style—Romania's first original architectural…

Dwell ~120min

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