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September 2013 - Rupea, Romania

We were driving to Brașov and saw this castle up on the hill. Oddly it wasn't on our map or in any of our books... it seems that the ruins had only very recently been partially restored.

The ruined-but-partially-rebuilt castle at Rupea
The defenses are layered like a cinammon roll. mmm.
The ruined-but-partially-rebuilt castle at Rupea The defenses are layered like a cinammon roll. mmm.
All those layers
A reconstructed room
All those layers A reconstructed room
Protecting the countryside
The innermost layer of defenses
Protecting the countryside The innermost layer of defenses
Here the walls meld directly with the rock
The view from the top
Here the walls meld directly with the rock The view from the top