Perched on a hill in the heart of Transylvania, the medieval citadel of Sighișoara looks like a storybook illustration brought to life. Colourful houses line cobbled streets, Gothic spires pierce the skyline, and the entire old town is encircled by fortified walls with nine surviving towers, each one originally defended by a different guild of […]
Slovakia has 180 registered castles and ruins, more per capita than almost any European country, and Krásna Hôrka may be the most perfectly preserved of them all, a hilltop fortress near Roʒava that was never conquered, never destroyed, and survived intact from the 14th century until a devastating fire in 2012. The castle sits on […]
