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Famous Landmarks in Romania: 20 Places to Know

Romania’s landmarks range from medieval towns and fortified churches to royal castles, monasteries, monumental sculpture and major natural landscapes. Several are part of Romania’s UNESCO World Heritage properties.

20 Landmarks and Heritage Places

  1. Bran Castle
  2. Peleș Castle
  3. Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest
  4. Romanian Athenaeum
  5. Historic Centre of Sighișoara
  6. Corvin Castle
  7. Black Church in Brașov
  8. Alba Carolina Citadel in Alba Iulia
  9. Painted Churches of Moldavia
  10. Hurezi Monastery
  11. Wooden Churches of Maramureș
  12. Fortified Villages of Transylvania
  13. Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains
  14. Danube Delta
  15. Roșia Montană Mining Landscape
  16. Brâncuși Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu
  17. Historic centre of Sibiu
  18. Voroneț Monastery
  19. Transfăgărășan mountain road
  20. Black Sea historic attractions in Constanța

UNESCO Heritage

UNESCO currently lists 11 World Heritage properties in Romania: nine cultural and two natural. The list includes the Danube Delta and the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe, as well as several cultural sites.

See Romania’s UNESCO World Heritage profile.

Plan a Heritage Trip

Combine Sighișoara, Brașov and nearby castles for a Transylvania-focused itinerary, or explore Moldavia and Bucovina for monasteries and rural heritage.

Read our Romania travel guide, regions guide and best places guide.

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