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Firtos Vára
Romania, Romania
Firtos Vára, perched on a 1062-meter peak between Korond, Atyha, Énlaka, and Firtosváralja villages in Harghita County, Romania, began as a 2nd-century Roman castrum guarding salt transport routes in the Sóvidék region, later destroyed by barbarians around 248-250 AD. Reactivated through Avar (6th-9th century) and Gothic influences, it evolved into a 13th-century stone castle with a monastic complex, serving as a strategic border fortress before falling into ruin by 1701 amid Reformation shifts and local conflicts. Legends of fairy builders and collapsing towers enrich its mystique, with 18th-century minorite chapel ruins atop the site now drawing hikers to explore Transylvania's layered fortifications amid the Eastern Carpathians.
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