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Báthory Castle
Șimleu Silvaniei
Coordinates	47°13′50.67″N 22°47′56.87″E / 47.2307417°N 22.7991306°E / 47.2307417; 22.7991306
Site history
Built	1592 (1592)

Báthory Castle or Báthory Citadel, also known as Șimleu Silvaniei Fort, is a historic fort in Romania, in the modern-day city of Șimleu Silvaniei. Since the 1590s, the castle was the main residence of the Hungarian Báthory family during the era of the Principality of Transylvania.

External links

• Şimleu Silvaniei, Báthory fortress (in English)

Gallery

References

1. Adevarul, Castelul singurului rege născut în Şimleu este o ruină
2. România Liberă, Orașul care renaște din ruine Archived 2010-08-02 at the Wayback Machine
3. Historia, Proiect de trei milioane de euro pentru deschiderea pentru turiști a Cetății Bathory Archived 2016-08-21 at the Wayback Machine

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See also: UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Romania

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