Ruined Citadels

Unlike the citadel in Rasnov you saw, turned into a tourist attraction, many 14th-16th century citadels in Transylvania are abandoned, turned into ruins and only visited by people who are not necessarily looking for entertainment. Here are two of them: Rupea (only the first photo) and Saschiz. This second village also has a very big and allegedly beautiful church, but it's not visited right now for renovation reasons.
We climbed the breath-taking slope to the citadel but we chilled immediately as we entered this enclosed and silent place. No noise made it there from the valley and we could only hear the amazingly loud sound the wings of the birds passing by were making. We took a short look into the abandoned well, once probably the heart of the fortress, explored the towers, Sorin climbed the battlements and then we went back before sunset. The legend says that an old virgin accepted to be built inside the walls, as a sacrifice aiming to make them last in time, and if you greet her after sunshine, you get an answer. We did not try...We had had enough thrills for the day.

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