Corvin Castle: Transylvania's Gothic masterpiece in 4K

🏰 Transylvanian castles are often associated with the legend of Dracula, and Corvinilor Castle (Castelul Corvinilor) is no exception. Gothic Transylvania architectural masterpiece has spent 4 construction stages for 500 years. The generations have changed the structure of the castle from a point to be enforced into a luxurious home for Iancu de Hunedoara, Governor of Transylvania.

Coming to Hunedoara, Romania, you will come across a massive and majestic architectural work with tall towers, inner yards, colored roofs, windows and balconies decorated with carved works on stones. . Corvin Castle also has a double wall to enhance fortifications and are surrounded by both rectangular and circular tower, an architectural innovation at the time for Transylvanian architecture.

An excellent military leader with equally high political ambition, Hunedoara's Ioan, where this castle, took and won in some of the most important battles against the Ottoman Empire, blocked Turkey's military plan to Central Europe at least a few decades.

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