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List of fortifications in Wallachia

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This is a list of forts in Wallachia, southern Romania.

Stone citadels

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Poenari Citadel, often advertised as "Dracula's Castle"
Name County Built
Grădeț Mehedinți 13th–14th centuries
Severin Mehedinți 1233
Poenari Argeș 14th century
Tabla Buții Prahova 1211–1225
Oratia Argeș 1212
Negru Vodă (Cetățeni) Argeș 5th century BC (old Geto-Dacian citadel)
Giurgiu Giurgiu 1380–1390
Turnu Teleorman 14th century
Vicina (Păcuiul lui Soare) Constanța 972–976

Earthen citadels

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Name County Built
Frumoasa Teleorman 14th century
Crăciuna Vrancea 13th–14th centuries
Cerven (Roșiorii de Vede) Teleorman 13th–14th centuries

Fortified royal courts

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Fortified villages

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See also

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References

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  • Gheorghe I. Cantacuzino, Cetăți Medievale din Țara Românească, Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, 1981