The town's number one attraction is its castle on the banks of the Olt River. It was in this area that the nomadic Vlach people, engaged in shepherdry, first settled in Transylvania, sometime in the late 12th century. The first castle, still made of wood, was built in the early 14th century by the Transylvanian vajda and oligarch Kán László. Hungary was split in two after the Battle of Mohács in 1526, when both Ferdinand I of Habsburg and Szapolyai János (John I) were elected king. King Ferdinand I gave half of the castle to Majláth István, in return for siding with him with the treasures of the late Hungarian King Louis II guarded in Pozsony. Majláth later went over to King John I to obtain the other half of the castle, which he eventually acquired through marriage. King John I appointed Majláth István vajda of Transylvania. Under his leadership, the Venetian adventurer Lodovico Gritti, the governor of Hungary who betrayed King John I, was put to an end in 1534. Majláth built the stone castle by demolishing the wooden castle. Majláth later plotted against King John I, for which he was sentenced to death. Török Bálint was commissioned to capture him by besiegeing Fogaras, but he refused, as they were old friends. In 1541, he was finally lured out of the castle by Turkish troops, taken to Constantinople and imprisoned in the Seven Towers (Yedikule Fortress), where he died together with Török Bálint. The castle then passed to Bekes Gáspár, from whom it was seized by Prince Bárhory István of Transylvania after a two-week siege in 1573 for rebelling against him at the instigation of the Habsburgs. In 1599, it was briefly occupied by Voivode Mihai Viteazul of Wallachia, who wreaked havoc on Transylvania. Later Fogaras became the estate of the princes, which they generally ceded to their wives. Prince Bethlen Gábor had it remodelled by an Italian master. It was here that the representatives of Transylvania signed the Declaration of Fogaras, in which they seceded from the Ottoman Empire and placed Transylvania under the protection of the Habsburg Emperor, and the Diploma Leopoldinum was proclaimed at the Diet of Fogaras in 1691. In 1878, the town became the seat of Fogaras County, which was merged into Brassó County in 1950.

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It was in this area that the nomadic Vlach people, engaged in shepherdry, first settled in Transylvania, sometime in the late 12th century. The first castle, still made of wood, was built in the early 14th century by the Transylvanian vajda and oligarch K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3. Hungary was split in two after the Battle of Moh\u00e1cs in 1526, when both Ferdinand I of Habsburg and Szapolyai J\u00e1nos (John I) were elected king. King Ferdinand I gave half of the castle to Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n, in return for siding with him with the treasures of the late Hungarian King Louis II guarded in Pozsony. Majl\u00e1th later went over to King John I to obtain the other half of the castle, which he eventually acquired through marriage. King John I appointed Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n vajda of Transylvania. Under his leadership, the Venetian adventurer Lodovico Gritti, the governor of Hungary who betrayed King John I, was put to an end in 1534. Majl\u00e1th built the stone castle by demolishing the wooden castle. Majl\u00e1th later plotted against King John I, for which he was sentenced to death. T\u00f6r\u00f6k B\u00e1lint was commissioned to capture him by besiegeing Fogaras, but he refused, as they were old friends. In 1541, he was finally lured out of the castle by Turkish troops, taken to Constantinople and imprisoned in the Seven Towers (Yedikule Fortress), where he died together with T\u00f6r\u00f6k B\u00e1lint. The castle then passed to Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r, from whom it was seized by Prince B\u00e1rhory Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania after a two-week siege in 1573 for rebelling against him at the instigation of the Habsburgs. In 1599, it was briefly occupied by Voivode Mihai Viteazul of Wallachia, who wreaked havoc on Transylvania. Later Fogaras became the estate of the princes, which they generally ceded to their wives. Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor had it remodelled by an Italian master. It was here that the representatives of Transylvania signed the Declaration of Fogaras, in which they seceded from the Ottoman Empire and placed Transylvania under the protection of the Habsburg Emperor, and the Diploma Leopoldinum was proclaimed at the Diet of Fogaras in 1691. In 1878, the town became the seat of Fogaras County, which was merged into Brass\u00f3 County in 1950.","nameorigin":"","history":"#1|@#3|@1222|King Andrew II of Hungary settled the Teutonic Order in the Barcas\u00e1g in 1211 and granted them the privilege to transport salt freely and exempted them from duty payable in he land of the Sz\u00e9kelys and also in the area called terra Blaccorum. According to a theory, this referred to the neighbourhood of present day Fogaras, and the Blachs, who lived here, were actually Vlachs. In that case this was the first written source that mentioned the presence of Vlachs (Romanians) in Transylvania, which means, that the nomadic Vlach shepherds settled here for the first time in Transylvania.@1231|The name of Fogaras appeared for the first time in one of the diplomas issued by the cathedral chapter of Transylvania.@#5|@after 1241|Vlach migrants arrived in the neighbourhood of Fogaras from Wallachia in place of the population destroyed during the Mongol invasion.@1291|The settlement was mentioned in the form Fogros for the first time. Master Ugrin initiated a lawsuit before King Andrew III of Hungary to recover the estates inherited from his ancestors. As a result of the trial, the king gave him back Fogaras, but the castle was still not mentioned. Other forms of the settlement\u2019s neme were Fogaras (1369, 1556), oppidum Fugrasch (1413), Fogarasum, Fogarasch (1600). According to an explanation, the name comes from the \u2019fogor\u2019 form of the Hungarian \u2019fogoly\u2019 bird name used in a dialect, which means partridge. Another theory suggests that the settlement was named after the Fogaras River, which comes from the Pecheneg \u2019Fagar \u0161u\u2019 term meaning \u2019water with ash trees\u2019.@around 1290|According to the Romanian tradition, Voivode Radu also called Black Radu (Radu Negru) led his people from Fogaras to Wallachia and established the Principality of Wallachia. This legend appeared first in the 17th century and he is definitely confused with Radu I, who was vajda of Wallachia from 1377 to 1383. As for the historical facts, Wallachia became independent for the first time in 1330, when the disobedient voivode Basarab I treacherously ambushed the army of King Charles I of Hungary on its way home in a narrow gorge, after having agreed to a ceasefire. The official Romanian point of view is that they colonized Wallachia from Transylvania, from the territory of Hungary. But in that case they would be Roman Catholic. In reality they came from the Balkans, which is also proven by their Orthodox religion.@#6|@around 1310|The castle was built by vajda K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 of Transylvania. It was made from wood. According to others, the foundations of the castle were laid between 1227 and 1233 by Master P\u00f3s (Pous), the cousin of comes B\u00e1s I of the Cs\u00e1k clan\u2019s branch from \u00dajlak.@1369|King Louis I of Hungary donated the royal estate of Fogaras to his vassal Prince Vladislav I of Wallachia, but it remained part of the Kingdom of Hungary.@spring 1456|Prince Vladislav II of Wallachia broke into Transylvania, captured Fogaras and took strong actions against the Saxons of the neighbourhood on the pretext that they tried to convert the Orthodox Vlachs population to the Roman Catholic faith.@1464|King Matthias I of Hungary took Fogaras back from the Prince of Wallachia and donated it to Ger\u00e9b J\u00e1nos of Ving\u00e1rt, who was later appointed vajda of Transylvania. Ger\u00e9b J\u00e1nos was the husband of Zs\u00f3fia, the sister of Szil\u00e1gyi Erzs\u00e9b, who was the mother of King Matthias.@late 15th century|The illegitimate son of King Matthias, Corvin J\u00e1nos, became the owner of the estate.@1505|After the death of Corvin J\u00e1nos, King Ul\u00e1szl\u00f3 II donated Fogaras to Bornemisza J\u00e1nos. Bornemissza appointed Tomori P\u00e1l castellan of Fogaras. Tomori P\u00e1l achieved a victory over the Turks in 1523, but he fell in the battle of Moh\u00e1cs on 29 August 1526 as the commander of the Hungarian army.@#8|@1527|King Ferdinand I donated half of the castle to Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n, because he sided with him handing over the treasures of the deceased King Louis II of Hungary guarded in Pozsony. The other half of Fogaras was received by N\u00e1dasdy Tam\u00e1s.@1528|Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n went over to King John I in order to acquire the other half of the castle as well.@1530|Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n married Anna, the younger sister of Judge Royal N\u00e1dasdy Tam\u00e1s. N\u00e1dasdy Tam\u00e1s resigned from Fogaras in favour of her in 1532.@1534|Lodovico Gritti, governor of Hungary, had Bishop Czibak Imre of V\u00e1rad assassinated and sent his head to the Franciscan monks in Brass\u00f3. The nobility rose up against Gritti, and Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n became their leader.@1534|Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n was appointed vajda of Transylvania.@September 1534|Lodovico Gritti, the governor of Hungary, fled to Medgyes from the armies of vajda Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania, King John I of Hungary and the voivode of Wallachia. Voivode Peter of Moldova sent in his aid also joined the besiegers. The besiegers broke into the town after the walls were breached by cannons. Gritti fled to the Moldavian camp, but they handed him over to the Hungarians. He was beheaded in the castle of Medgyes on 29 September by order of vajda Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n. Gritti was a Venetian soldier of fortune, who arrived in Hungary in 1529 as a minion of the Turks. He soon convinced King John I to name him governor of Hungary. It was out of the ordinary, because governors were only appointed in Hungary when the king was under age. Gritti, who was only interested in forging his own fortune, held a court that diminished even the royal court. Gradually everyone turned against him, which was only made worse by his plundering and that he even tried to make a deal with King Ferdinand I. The last drop in the glass (a Hungarian saying) was that D\u00f3czi Orb\u00e1n killed Bishop Czibak Imre of V\u00e1rad, one of the greatest supporters of King John I, by order of Governor Gritti. This made the nobility of Transylvania rise up under the leadership of vajda Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n.@1535-1540|Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n demolished the wooden castle of Fogaras and built a new two-storey castle from stone and brick surrounded with high walls and a moat.@1539|Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n, Balassa Imre and Kendy Ferenc plotted against King John I of Hungary.@1540|The country assembly held in Torda sentenced Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n to death and confiscation of properties, but the decision couldn\u2019t be executed. T\u00f6r\u00f6k B\u00e1lint was supposed to besiege Fogaras, but he did not engage in a fight because he and Majl\u00e1th were old friends. After the death of King John I, Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n wanted to rule as a prince, but the Turks did not support him.@#9|@1541|Turkish and Moldavian forces encircled Fogaras. They lured Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n out and captured him. He was taken to Istanbul and imprisoned in the Yedikule Fortress (the so called Seven Towers). T\u00f6r\u00f6k B\u00e1lint was also captured, when he visited the Sultan\u2019s camp at Buda unarmed. He was also imprisoned in the Seven Towers. They died there in 1550.@1558|The widow of Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n, N\u00e1dasdy Anna, was granted a new donation for Fogaras by Queen Isabella, the widow of King John I. After her death, Fogaras was inherited by his son, Majl\u00e1th G\u00e1bor.@1566|Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r made Majl\u00e1th G\u00e1bor believe, that King John II wanted to hand him over to the Turks, therefore Majl\u00e1th sold Fogaras to King John II for 30,000 forints in 6 August and moved to Upper Hungary.@1567|King John II pawned Fogaras to Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r for 30,000 forints.@#10|@May 25, 1571|After the death of Prince John II (John Sigismund), the mostly Protestant Transylvanian estates elected the Roman Catholic aristocrat B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n as Prince of Transylvania. But King Maximilian I (Emperor Maximilian II) couldn\u2019t make do with the fact that the estates of Transylvania were free to elect their own prince. The king convinced the Unitarian aristocrat Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r to rebel against Prince B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n with false promises.@October 1573|The army of Prince B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania captured Fogaras after two weeks of siege, but Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r managed to escape to Vienna. B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n became the new owner of the castle, and had it repaired.@June 1575|Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r returned to Transylvania with imperial support, but he suffered a final defeat at Kerel\u0151szentp\u00e1l at the hands of Prince B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n on 8 July, and fled to Poland. This victory secured the independence of the Principality of Transylvania from the Habsburg Empire. B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n was elected King of Poland in 1576 and Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r became the commander of his cavalry.@1576-1581|B\u00e1thory Krist\u00f3f governed Transylvania as vajda on behalf of B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n, who was elected King of Poland.@1588|The son of B\u00e1thory Krist\u00f3f, Zsigmond was proclaimed to be of age and elected Prince of Transylvania.@1588-1594|B\u00e1thory Boldizs\u00e1r, the cousin of Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond, lived in the castle. He constructed the double arcade in the south wing of the palace.@#12|@1593|At the beginning of the 15th years war, Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond broke with the Turks and went over to the Habsburgs, but the Estates of Transylvania did not support him.@1594|Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond renounced the throne in favour of B\u00e1thory Boldizs\u00e1r, but, instigated by Bocskai Istv\u00e1n, he soon returned to power and had B\u00e1thory Boldizs\u00e1r and his followers killed.@1595|Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond gave Fogaras Castle to his new wife Archduchess Maria Christina of the House of Habsburg as a morning-gift.@1599|Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond renounced the throne again in favour of the brother of Boldizs\u00e1r, Cardinal B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s. B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s wanted to place Transylvania under Turkish patronage again, but he was accepted neither by the Saxons nor by the Sz\u00e9kelys and he could gain the support of neither the Habsburgs nor the Turks.@October 17, 1599|Instigated by Emperor Rudolf, Voivode Mihai (Viteazul) of Wallachia broke into Transylvania through the Bodza Pass. He occupied Fogaras on 25 October and gave it to his wife, Stanca. The statue of the wife of the Wallachian usurper stands in front of the castle.@October 28, 1599|The Sz\u00e9kelys helped Voivode Mihai of Wallachia defeat Prince B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s of Transylvania at Sellenberk. The Sz\u00e9kelys hated the B\u00e1thory family for disregarding their privileges and the voivode promised to restore their rights. The prince tried to flee to Moldova, but he was murdered with a shepherd\u2019s axe (fokos) by a Sz\u00e9kely l\u00f3f\u0151, Bal\u00e1zs Mih\u00e1ly, near Cs\u00edkszentdomonkos.@November 1, 1599|Voivode Mihai Viteazul of Wallachia marched into Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r, the capitol of Transylvania, and took over power as governor appointed by Emperor Rudolf. But soon he started to act on his own behalf and introduced a reign of terror. He arbitrarily appointed Wallachian boyars to every position, looted the treasury and his unpaid mercenaries plundered and murdered throughout the land. The Vlach peasants rose up and started to exterminate Hungarian and Saxon population in Transylvania, which had a Hungarian majority at that time.@September 18, 1600|Voivode Mihai of Wallachia was defeated in the battle of Miriszl\u00f3 and driven out by the combined armies of the Transylvanian nobility led by B\u00e1thory Zsigmond and General Basta\u2019s imperial mercenaries. The Estates donated Fogaras to Cs\u00e1ky Istv\u00e1n, captain of Transylvania. At the beginning of next year, the Estates of Transylvanian broke with the Emperor and B\u00e1thory Zsigmond was elected prince once more.@August 3, 1601|The combined armies of General Basta and Voivode Mihai of Wallachia defeated the Transylvanian army of Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond in the battle of Goroszl\u00f3. After that, the army of Voivode Mihai sacked and burned the towns of Torda, Nagyenyed and Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r, where they robbed the tombs of the Hunyadi family, King John II of Hungary and his mother Queen Isabella.@August 19, 1601|Voivode Mihai of Wallachia was assassinated by the mercenaries of General Basta, because Mihai tried to usurp the throne of Transylvania once again. Genral Basta also introduced a reign of terror in Transylvania and let his mercenaries ravage freely throughout the land.@#13|@1605|During the uprising of Bocskai Istv\u00e1n, the German garrison of Fogaras mutinied and surrendered the castle after having been informed of the approaching army of Gyulaffy L\u00e1szl\u00f3, commander of the Transylvanian forces. After that, Fogaras became the property of the princes of Transylvania, who regularly gave it to their wives.@#14|@#15|@#16|@1623|The Italian Agostino Serena transformed the castle by order of Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania. The Prince gifted Fogaras to his second wife, Catherine of Brandenburg in 1626.@1630|Catherine of Brandenburg sold Fogaras to the newly elected Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy I of Transylvania, who gave it to his wife, Lor\u00e1ntffy Zsuzsanna.@#17|@#18|@1652|R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Zsigmond, general of the Sz\u00e9kelys and son of R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy I, died here.@1657|Princess Lor\u00e1ntffy Zsuzsanna established a Vlach language school in Fogaras to the glory of God.@1657|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II of Transylvania launched a campaign for the crown of Poland in alliance with Carl X Gustaf of Sweden. His aim was to unite the Hungarian-Polish-Wallachian forces against the Turks. The campaign started successfully with the prince taking Krak\u00f3w and Warsawa, but then the King of Sweden abandoned him. The vengeful Poles invaded northern Transylvania, burning defenceless villages, destroying churches and castles. Soon the punitive campaign of Turkish and Tatar armies devastated Transylvania, as the prince launched his Polish campaign against the Sultan's will.@1658|The Tartars ravaged and plundered throughout Transylvania and Grand Vizier K\u00f6pr\u00fcl\u00fc Mehmed captured Jen\u0151 Castle. The Estates of Transylvania sent Barcsay \u00c1kos to the camp of the grand vizier to beg for mercy. In return, the Grand Vizier demanded that the annual tax be raised from 15 to 40 thousand forints (gold coins) and that Lugos and Karansebes be ceded. This was the price for the Turks to leave Transylvania. The grand vizier appointed Barcsay prince on 14 September.@1659|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II returned to Transylvania and forced Barcsay \u00c1kos to retreat to Szeben and besieged him.@May 22, 1660|In the battle of S\u00e1szfenes, Pasha Shejdi Ahmed of Buda defeated R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II, who lost his life. The Tatar armies invaded Transylvania for the second time.@1660|Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos, the former commander of Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II, besieged Fogaras Castle defended by Barcsay Andr\u00e1s, the brother of Prince Barcsay \u00c1kos. He surrendered the castle by order of the prince. Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos hanged him on 16 May for trying to negotiate with the Turks.@November 1660|Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos defeated the army of G\u00e1sp\u00e1r, the brother of Prince Barcsay Andr\u00e1s, at \u00d6rm\u00e9nyes. Barcsay G\u00e1sp\u00e1r fell in the battle. Then, on 31 December, Barcsay \u00c1kos renounced the throne. In 1661 Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos had Barcsay \u00c1kos captured and murdered.@1661|The army of Pasha Seydi Ahmed of Buda marched into Transylvania, after the country assembly held in Beszterce on 23 April declared the independence of Transylvania from the Ottoman Empire and placed the country under the protection of Emperor Leopold I. On 14 September, Pasha Ali forced the country assembly to elect Apafi Mih\u00e1ly Prince of Transylvania in Marosv\u00e1s\u00e1rhely.@1661|Pasha K\u00fccs\u00fck Mehmed besieged Fogaras. The captain of the castle Bethlen Gergely, who served Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos, surrendered after 15 days.@January 23, 1662|The deposed prince Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos, having been abandoned by his imperial allies, was defeated by the Turks at Nagysz\u0151l\u0151s (near Segesv\u00e1r), where he fell.@1663|Prince Apafi Mih\u00e1ly I donated Fogaras to his wife, Bornemissza Anna. The prince held here country assemblies 10 times during his reign.@#19|@#20|@#21|@April 28, 1675|According to the Treaty of Fogaras, the kings of Poland and France obliged themselves to support the Hungarian insurgents against the Habsburgs. It was never fulfilled.@#22|@#23|@#24|@February 22, 1685|The country assembly of Transylvania held in Fogaras accused Th\u00f6k\u00f6ly Imre of disloyalty and confiscated his properties.@#25|@May 9, 1688|After most of Hungary was liberated from the Turks, General Caraffa, the commander of the imperial forces in Transylvania, made Prince Apafi Mih\u00e1ly and the Estates of Transylvania accept and sign the so called Declaration of Fogaras in Szeben. This annulled the Turkish patronage over Transylvania, which became part of the Kingdom of Hungary again and the authority of Emperor Leopold I as King of Hungary was extended over Transylvania.@April 15, 1690|Prince Apafi Mih\u00e1ly I of Transylvania died in Fogaras. The castle was inherited by his son, Apafi Mih\u00e1ly II.@August 21, 1690|Th\u00f6k\u00f6ly Imre, the former leader of the anti-Habsburg Hungarian kuruc uprising, crossed the mountains with Turkish and Wallachian auxiliaries, attacked the imperial army of General Heisler from behind and defeated him.@September 21, 1690|The nobility of Transylvania joined Th\u00f6k\u00f6ly Imre and he was elected Prince of Transylvania in Szeben. Soon the combined armies of Castelli and Heisler pushed him out of Transylvania.@#26|@#27|@1691|The Diploma Leopoldinum was announced at the country assembly in Fogaras.@1703-1711|An imperial garrison was stationed in the castle and the kuruc insurgents could not occupy it.@1713|With the death of Apafi Mih\u00e1ly II, the castle was inherited by the treasury. The estate of Fogaras was managed temporarily by Greek Catholic diocese.@1762|Empress Maria Theresia pawned the estate of Fogaras to the Saxon Universality for 80,000 forints for 99 years.@1715\u20131740|Church was built.@July 29, 1759|Bethlen Kata the Orphan died in Fogaras. She was one of the most significant female Baroque writers. She was the fourth child of Bethlen S\u00e1muel, isp\u00e1n of Kis-K\u00fck\u00fcll\u0151 County. She called herself orphan after the death of her second husband in 1732. She supported the Hungarian Calvinist parishes and schools of Transylvania. She left her library to the Reformed College of Nagyegyed. She was buried in the Calvinist church of Fogaras, which still guards her bridal gown and veil made from yellow silk.@1782|Emperot Joseph II confiscated the properties of the Saxon Universality and leased the estate of Fogaras to them.@1784|One of the three newly created districts of Transylvania was seated in Fogaras.@#28|@1852|The town was attached to the district of Szeben.@#30|@1878|Fogaras became the seat of Fogaras County.@1898|The royal grammar school was established.@between 1892\u20131910|The famous Hungarian writer Miksz\u00e1th K\u00e1lm\u00e1n was the representative of the town in the Hungarian Parliament. Thanks to him, a new building was constructed for the grammar school in 1909 according to the plans of Alp\u00e1r Ign\u00e1c. The famous Hungarian poet Babits Mih\u00e1ly tought in the school between 1908 and 1911.@1910|The town had 6,579 inhabitants (3,357 Hungarians, 2,174 Vlachs and 1,003 Germans).@#31|@1916|On 27 August, Romania declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and launched an attack against Hungary. This triggered a huge wave of refugees from Transylvania, as the population feared a repeat of the Romanian ethnic cleansing of 1848-49. Austro-Hungarian and German forces drove the invaders out of the country by mid-October and occupied Bucharest on 6 December. Romania surrendered and signed a peace treaty with the central powers on 7 May 1918 (Treaty of Bucharest).@1918|On 3 November, the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy signed the Armistice of Padua. The already defeated Romania then declared war on Germany on 10 November, just one day before the Germans signed the armistice near Compi\u00e8gne. The Romanians then launched an offensive against Hungary, which had already unconditionally ceased fighting at the demand of the Entente. Romania was only recognised by the Entente powers as one of the victors of WWI only later.@#32|@from 1918|By 1922, 197,000 Hungarians were forced to leave the Romanian-occupied part of the country. By 1939 a further 169,000 Hungarians had left Transylvania, mostly aristocrats, intellectuals and a significant number of farmers. Most of them moved to Hungary. Before the Romanian invasion, 1,662,000 Hungarians lived in Transylvania, 32 percent of the population.@#36|@1948-1960|The communists used the castle as a prison for political prisoners. 165 captives died here.@1950|Fogaras County was abolished and its territory was attached to Brass\u00f3 County.@from the 1950s|800,000 Romanians were settled in Transylvania from Moldavia, but many also came from Wallachia. The aim was to Romanianize the still majorly Hungarian towns and to break up the ethnic Hungarian blocks. While previously there was a Romanian majority in only a few small towns, this has been reversed by now.@2002|7.2 million people lived in Transylvania, including 1.42 million Hungarians. There were 1.65 million Hungarians out of 5.2 million in 1910. The proportion of the Romanians increased from 53.78% to 74.69%, while the proportion of the Hungarians decreased from 31.64% to 19.6%. The proportion of the Germans dropped from 10.75% to below 1%. These changes were mainly the results of migration and the persecution of Hungarians and Saxons. Transylvania here refers to the entire territory that once belonged to Hungary, which is much larger than historical Transylvania.&studhist.blog.hu: Fogaras v\u00e1r\u00e1nak t\u00f6rt\u00e9nete a XVI. sz\u00e1zad v\u00e9g\u00e9ig|https:\/\/studhist.blog.hu\/2019\/02\/25\/fogaras_varanak_tortenete_a_xvi_szazad_vegeig\nstudhist.blog.hu: Fogaras v\u00e1r\u00e1nak t\u00f6rt\u00e9nete a XVI. sz\u00e1zad v\u00e9g\u00e9t\u0151l napjainkig|https:\/\/studhist.blog.hu\/2019\/02\/28\/fogaras_varanak_tortenete_a_xvi_szazad_vegetol_napjainkig"},"castles":[{"castleId":171,"townId":78,"active":1,"name_LO":"Cetatea F\u0103g\u0103ra\u0219","settlement_HU":"Fogaras","settlement_LO":"F\u0103g\u0103ra\u0219","address":"","listorder":3,"gps_lat":"45.8451590000","gps_long":"24.9739910000","oldcounty":39,"country":4,"division":22,"cond":1,"entrance":1,"varaklink":"https:\/\/varak.hu\/latnivalo\/index\/1359-Fogaras-Var\/","homepage":"http:\/\/cetateafagarasului.com\/","openinghours":"https:\/\/cetateafagarasului.com\/vizitare\/","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Zsolt deak, CC BY-SA 4.0 \u003Chttps:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Cetatea_F%C4%83g%C4%83ra%C8%99-vedere_aeriana.JPG\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Cetatea F\u0103g\u0103ra\u0219-vedere aeriana\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/01\/Cetatea_F%C4%83g%C4%83ra%C8%99-vedere_aeriana.JPG\/512px-Cetatea_F%C4%83g%C4%83ra%C8%99-vedere_aeriana.JPG\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Cetatea_F%C4%83g%C4%83ra%C8%99-vedere_aeriana.JPG\u0022\u003EZsolt deak\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 4.0\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Fogaras Castle","seolink":"fogaras-castle-cetatea-fagaras","georegion":"Fogarasf\u00f6ld","description":"","nameorigin":"","history":"#1|@#3|@#5|@1291|The settlement was mentioned in the form Fogros for the first time. Master Ugrin initiated a lawsuit before King Andrew III of Hungary to recover the estates inherited from his ancestors. As a result of the trial, the king gave him back Fogaras, but the castle was still not mentioned. Other forms of the settlement\u2019s neme were Fogaras (1369, 1556), oppidum Fugrasch (1413), Fogarasum, Fogarasch (1600). According to an explanation, the name comes from the \u2019fogor\u2019 form of the Hungarian \u2019fogoly\u2019 bird name used in a dialect, which means partridge. Another theory suggests that the settlement was named after the Fogaras River, which comes from the Pecheneg \u2019Fagar \u0161u\u2019 term meaning \u2019water with ash trees\u2019.@#6|@around 1310|The castle was built by vajda K\u00e1n L\u00e1szl\u00f3 of Transylvania. It was made from wood. According to others, the foundations of the castle were laid between 1227 and 1233 by Master P\u00f3s (Pous), the cousin of comes B\u00e1s I of the Cs\u00e1k clan\u2019s branch from \u00dajlak.@1369|King Louis I of Hungary donated the royal estate of Fogaras to his vassal Prince Vladislav I of Wallachia, but it remained part of the Kingdom of Hungary.@spring 1456|Prince Vladislav II of Wallachia broke into Transylvania, captured Fogaras and took strong actions against the Saxons of the neighbourhood on the pretext that they tried to convert the Orthodox Vlachs population to the Roman Catholic faith.@1464|King Matthias I of Hungary took Fogaras back from the Prince of Wallachia and donated it to Ger\u00e9b J\u00e1nos of Ving\u00e1rt, who was later appointed vajda of Transylvania. Ger\u00e9b J\u00e1nos was the husband of Zs\u00f3fia, the sister of Szil\u00e1gyi Erzs\u00e9b, who was the mother of King Matthias.@late 15th century|The illegitimate son of King Matthias, Corvin J\u00e1nos, became the owner of the estate.@1505|After the death of Corvin J\u00e1nos, King Ul\u00e1szl\u00f3 II donated Fogaras to Bornemisza J\u00e1nos. Bornemissza appointed Tomori P\u00e1l castellan of Fogaras. Tomori P\u00e1l achieved a victory over the Turks in 1523, but he fell in the battle of Moh\u00e1cs on 29 August 1526 as the commander of the Hungarian army.@#8|@1527|King Ferdinand I donated half of the castle to Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n, because he sided with him handing over the treasures of the deceased King Louis II of Hungary guarded in Pozsony. The other half of Fogaras was received by N\u00e1dasdy Tam\u00e1s.@1528|Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n went over to King John I in order to acquire the other half of the castle as well.@1530|Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n married Anna, the younger sister of Judge Royal N\u00e1dasdy Tam\u00e1s. N\u00e1dasdy Tam\u00e1s resigned from Fogaras in favour of her in 1532.@1534|Lodovico Gritti, governor of Hungary, had Bishop Czibak Imre of V\u00e1rad assassinated and sent his head to the Franciscan monks in Brass\u00f3. The nobility rose up against Gritti, and Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n became their leader.@1534|Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n was appointed vajda of Transylvania.@September 1534|Lodovico Gritti, the governor of Hungary, retreated to Medgyes from the armies of vajda Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania, King John I of Hungary and the voivode of Wallachia. Voivode Peter of Moldova sent in his aid also joined the besiegers. The besiegers broke into the town after the walls were breached by cannons. Gritti fled to the Moldavian camp, but they handed him over to the Hungarians. He was beheaded in the castle of Medgyes on 29 September by order of vajda Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n. Gritti was a Venetian soldier of fortune, who arrived in Hungary in 1529 as a minion of the Turks. He soon convinced King John I to name him governor of Hungary. It was out of the ordinary, because governors were only appointed in Hungary when the king was under age. Gritti, who was only interested in forging his own fortune, held a court that diminished even the royal court. Gradually everyone turned against him, which was only made worse by his plundering and that he even tried to make a deal with King Ferdinand I. The last drop in the glass (a Hungarian saying) was that D\u00f3czi Orb\u00e1n killed Bishop Czibak Imre of V\u00e1rad, one of the greatest supporters of King John I, by order of Governor Gritti. This made the nobility of Transylvania rise up under the leadership of vajda Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n.@1535-1540|Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n demolished the wooden castle of Fogaras and built a new two-storey castle from stone and brick surrounded with high walls and a moat.@1539|Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n, Balassa Imre and Kendy Ferenc plotted against King John I of Hungary.@1540|The country assembly held in Torda sentenced Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n to death and confiscation of properties, but the decision couldn\u2019t be executed. T\u00f6r\u00f6k B\u00e1lint was supposed to besiege Fogaras, but he did not engage in a fight because he and Majl\u00e1th were old friends. After the death of King John I, Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n wanted to rule as a prince, but the Turks did not support him.@#9|@1541|Turkish and Moldavian forces encircled Fogaras. They lured Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n out and captured him. He was taken to Istanbul and imprisoned in the Yedikule Fortress (the so called Seven Towers). T\u00f6r\u00f6k B\u00e1lint was also captured, when he visited the Sultan\u2019s camp at Buda unarmed. He was also imprisoned in the Seven Towers. They died there in 1550.@1558|The widow of Majl\u00e1th Istv\u00e1n, N\u00e1dasdy Anna, was granted a new donation for Fogaras by Queen Isabella, the widow of King John I. After her death, Fogaras was inherited by his son, Majl\u00e1th G\u00e1bor.@1566|Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r made Majl\u00e1th G\u00e1bor believe, that King John II wanted to hand him over to the Turks, therefore Majl\u00e1th sold Fogaras to King John II for 30,000 forints in 6 August and moved to Upper Hungary.@1567|King John II pawned Fogaras to Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r for 30,000 forints.@#10|@May 25, 1571|After the death of Prince John II (John Sigismund), the mostly Protestant Transylvanian estates elected the Roman Catholic aristocrat B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n as Prince of Transylvania. But King Maximilian I (Emperor Maximilian II) couldn\u2019t make do with the fact that the estates of Transylvania were free to elect their own prince. The king convinced the Unitarian aristocrat Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r to rebel against Prince B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n with false promises.@October 1573|The army of Prince B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n of Transylvania captured Fogaras after two weeks of siege, but Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r managed to escape to Vienna. B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n became the new owner of the castle, and had it repaired.@June 1575|Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r returned to Transylvania with imperial support, but he suffered a decisive defeat at Kerel\u0151szentp\u00e1l from Prince B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n and fled to Poland. This victory secured the independence of the Principality of Transylvania from the Habsburg Empire. After B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n was crowned King of Poland in 1576, Bekes G\u00e1sp\u00e1r became the commander of his cavalry.@1576-1581|B\u00e1thory Krist\u00f3f governed Transylvania as vajda on behalf of B\u00e1thory Istv\u00e1n, who was elected King of Poland.@1588|The son of B\u00e1thory Krist\u00f3f, Zsigmond was proclaimed to be of age and elected Prince of Transylvania.@1588-1594|B\u00e1thory Boldizs\u00e1r, the cousin of Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond, lived in the castle. He constructed the double arcade in the south wing of the palace.@#12|@1593|At the beginning of the 15th years war, Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond broke with the Turks and went over to the Habsburgs, but the estates of Transylvania did not agree with him.@1594|Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond renounced the throne in favour of B\u00e1thory Boldizs\u00e1r, but, instigated by Bocskai Istv\u00e1n, he soon returned to power and had B\u00e1thory Boldizs\u00e1r and his followers killed.@1595|Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond gave Fogaras Castle to his new wife Archduchess Maria Christina of the House of Habsburg as a morning-gift.@1599|Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond renounced the throne again in favour of the brother of Boldizs\u00e1r, Cardinal B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s. B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s wanted to place Transylvania under Turkish patronage again, but he was accepted neither by the Saxons nor by the Sz\u00e9kelys and he could gain the support of neither the Habsburgs nor the Turks.@October 17, 1599|Instigated by Emperor Rudolf, Voivode Mihai (Viteazul) of Wallachia broke into Transylvania through the Bodza Pass, after Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond, contrary to his promise, hand over power over Transylvania to his cousin Cardinal B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s instead of Emperor Rudolf. Voivode Mihai sided with the Sz\u00e9kelys, who were dissatisfied with the B\u00e1thory dynasty, by promising to restore their rights.@October 25, 1599|Voivode Mihai occupied Fogaras and gave it to his wife, Stanca. The statue of the wife of the Wallachian usurper stands in front of the castle.@October 28, 1599|The Sz\u00e9kelys helped Voivode Mihai of Wallachia defeat Prince B\u00e1thory Andr\u00e1s of Transylvania at Sellenberk. The Sz\u00e9kelys hated the B\u00e1thory family for disregarding their privileges. The prince tried to flee to Moldova, but he was murdered with a shepherd\u2019s axe (fokos) by a Sz\u00e9kely l\u00f3f\u0151, Bal\u00e1zs Mih\u00e1ly, near Cs\u00edkszentdomonkos.@November 1, 1599|Voivode Mihai Viteazul of Wallachia marched into Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r, the capitol of Transylvania, and took over power as governor appointed by Emperor Rudolf. But soon he started to act on his own behalf and introduced a reign of terror. He arbitrarily appointed Wallachian boyars to every position, looted the treasury and his unpaid mercenaries plundered and murdered throughout the land. The Vlach peasants rose up and started to exterminate Hungarian and Saxon population in Transylvania, which had a Hungarian majority at that time.@September 18, 1600|Voivode Mihai of Wallachia was defeated in the battle of Miriszl\u00f3 and driven out by the combined armies of the Transylvanian nobility led by B\u00e1thory Zsigmond and General Basta\u2019s imperial mercenaries. The Transylvanian estates donated Fogaras to Cs\u00e1ky Istv\u00e1n, captain of Transylvania. At the beginning of next year, the Estates of Transylvanian broke with the Emperor and B\u00e1thory Zsigmond was elected prince once more.@August 3, 1601|The combined armies of General Basta and Voivode Mihai of Wallachia defeated the Transylvanian army of Prince B\u00e1thory Zsigmond in the battle of Goroszl\u00f3. After that, the army of Voivode Mihai sacked and burned the towns of Torda, Nagyenyed and Gyulafeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r, where they robbed the tombs of the Hunyadi family, King John II of Hungary and his mother Queen Isabella. Then, on 19 August, Voivode Mihai was assassinated by the mercenaries of General Basta, because Mihai tried to usurp the throne of Transylvania once again. Genral Basta also introduced a reign of terror in Transylvania and let his mercenaries ravage freely throughout the land.@#13|@1605|During the uprising of Bocskai Istv\u00e1n, the German garrison of Fogaras mutinied and surrendered the castle after having been informed of the approaching army of Gyulaffy L\u00e1szl\u00f3, commander of the Transylvanian forces. After that, Fogaras became the property of the princes of Transylvania, who regularly gave it to their wives.@#14|@#15|@#16|@1623|The Italian Agostino Serena transformed the castle by order of Prince Bethlen G\u00e1bor of Transylvania. The Prince gifted Fogaras to his second wife, Catherine of Brandenburg in 1626.@1630|Catherine of Brandenburg sold Fogaras to the newly elected Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy I of Transylvania, who gave it to his wife, Lor\u00e1ntffy Zsuzsanna.@#17|@#18|@1652|R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Zsigmond, general of the Sz\u00e9kelys and son of R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy I, died here.@1657|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II of Transylvania launched a campaign for the crown of Poland in alliance with Carl X Gustaf of Sweden. His aim was to unite the Hungarian-Polish-Wallachian forces against the Turks. The campaign started successfully with the prince taking Krak\u00f3w and Warsawa, but then the King of Sweden abandoned him. The vengeful Poles invaded northern Transylvania, burning defenceless villages, destroying churches and castles. Soon the punitive campaign of Turkish and Tatar armies devastated Transylvania, as the prince launched his Polish campaign against the Sultan's will.@1658|The Tartars ravaged and plundered throughout Transylvania and Grand Vizier K\u00f6pr\u00fcl\u00fc Mehmed captured Jen\u0151 Castle. The Estates of Transylvania sent Barcsay \u00c1kos to the camp of the grand vizier to beg for mercy. In return, the Grand Vizier demanded that the annual tax be raised from 15 to 40 thousand forints (gold coins) and that Lugos and Karansebes be ceded. This was the price for the Turks to leave Transylvania. The grand vizier appointed Barcsay prince on 14 September.@1659|Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II returned to Transylvania and forced Barcsay \u00c1kos to retreat to Szeben and besieged him.@May 22, 1660|In the battle of S\u00e1szfenes, Pasha Shejdi Ahmed of Buda defeated R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II, who lost his life. The Tatar armies invaded Transylvania for the second time.@1660|Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos, the former commander of Prince R\u00e1k\u00f3czi Gy\u00f6rgy II, besieged Fogaras Castle defended by Barcsay Andr\u00e1s, the brother of Prince Barcsay \u00c1kos. He surrendered the castle by order of the prince. Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos hanged him on 16 May for trying to negotiate with the Turks.@November 1660|Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos defeated the army of G\u00e1sp\u00e1r, the other brother of Prince Barcsay Andr\u00e1s, at \u00d6rm\u00e9nyes. Barcsay G\u00e1sp\u00e1r fell in the battle. Then, on 31 December, Barcsay \u00c1kos renounced the throne. In 1661 Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos had Barcsay \u00c1kos captured and murdered.@1661|The army of Pasha Seydi Ahmed of Buda marched into Transylvania, after the country assembly held in Beszterce on 23 April declared the independence of Transylvania from the Ottoman Empire and placed the country under the protection of Emperor Leopold I. On 14 September, Pasha Ali forced the country assembly to elect Apafi Mih\u00e1ly Prince of Transylvania in Marosv\u00e1s\u00e1rhely.@1661|Pasha K\u00fccs\u00fck Mehmed besieged Fogaras. The captain of the castle Bethlen Gergely, who served Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos, surrendered after 15 days.@January 23, 1662|The deposed prince Kem\u00e9ny J\u00e1nos, having been abandoned by his imperial allies, was defeated by the Turks at Nagysz\u0151l\u0151s (near Segesv\u00e1r), where he fell.@1663|Prince Apafi Mih\u00e1ly I donated Fogaras to his wife, Bornemissza Anna. The prince held here country assemblies 10 times during his reign.@#19|@#20|@#21|@April 28, 1675|According to the Treaty of Fogaras, the kings of Poland and France obliged themselves to support the Hungarian insurgents against the Habsburgs. It was never fulfilled.@#22|@#23|@#24|@#25|@May 9, 1688|After most of Hungary was liberated from the Turks, General Caraffa, the commander of the imperial forces in Transylvania, made Prince Apafi Mih\u00e1ly and the Estates of Transylvania accept and sign the so called Declaration of Fogaras in Szeben. This annulled the Turkish patronage over Transylvania, which became part of the Kingdom of Hungary again and the authority of Emperor Leopold I as King of Hungary was extended over Transylvania.@April 15, 1690|Prince Apafi Mih\u00e1ly I of Transylvania died in Fogaras. The castle was inherited by his son, Apafi Mih\u00e1ly II.@August 21, 1690|Th\u00f6k\u00f6ly Imre, the former leader of the anti-Habsburg Hungarian kuruc uprising, crossed the mountains with Turkish and Wallachian auxiliaries, attacked the imperial army of General Heisler from behind and defeated him.@September 21, 1690|The nobility of Transylvania joined Th\u00f6k\u00f6ly Imre and he was elected Prince of Transylvania in Szeben. Soon the combined armies of Castelli and Heisler pushed him out of Transylvania.@#26|@1691|The Diploma Leopoldinum was announced at the country assembly in Fogaras.@#27|@1703-1711|An imperial garrison was stationed in the castle and the kuruc insurgents could not occupy it.@1713|With the death of Apafi Mih\u00e1ly II, the castle was inherited by the treasury. The estate of Fogaras was managed temporarily by Greek Catholic diocese.@1762|Empress Maria Theresia pawned the estate of Fogaras to the Saxon Universality for 80,000 forints for 99 years.@July 29, 1759|Bethlen Kata the Orphan died in Fogaras. She was one of the most significant female Baroque writers. She was the fourth child of Bethlen S\u00e1muel, isp\u00e1n of Kis-K\u00fck\u00fcll\u0151 County. She called herself orphan after the death of her second husband in 1732. She supported the Hungarian Calvinist parishes and schools of Transylvania. She left her library to the Reformed College of Nagyegyed. She was buried in the Calvinist church of Fogaras, which still guards her bridal gown and veil made from yellow silk.@1782|Emperot Joseph II confiscated the properties of the Saxon Universality and leased the estate of Fogaras to them.@#28|@#30|@#36|@1948-1960|The communists used the castle as a prison for political prisoners. 165 captives died here.&studhist.blog.hu: Fogaras v\u00e1r\u00e1nak t\u00f6rt\u00e9nete a XVI. sz\u00e1zad v\u00e9g\u00e9ig|https:\/\/studhist.blog.hu\/2019\/02\/25\/fogaras_varanak_tortenete_a_xvi_szazad_vegeig\nstudhist.blog.hu: Fogaras v\u00e1r\u00e1nak t\u00f6rt\u00e9nete a XVI. sz\u00e1zad v\u00e9g\u00e9t\u0151l napjainkig|https:\/\/studhist.blog.hu\/2019\/02\/28\/fogaras_varanak_tortenete_a_xvi_szazad_vegetol_napjainkig"}],"sights":[{"sightId":2054,"townId":78,"active":1,"name_LO":"Biserica \u0219i M\u0103n\u0103stirea Franciscan\u0103","address":"Strada Vasile Alecsandri 1","mapdata":"1|1742|796","gps_lat":"45.8423076093","gps_long":"24.9774571342","religion":1,"oldtype":"9","newtype":"1","homepage":"https:\/\/ersekseg.ro\/hu\/templom\/655","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"","csemadoklink":"","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO <https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Fagaras_Manastirea_franciscana_(1).JPG\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022256\u0022 alt=\u0022Fagaras Manastirea franciscana (1)\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/5d\/Fagaras_Manastirea_franciscana_%281%29.JPG\/256px-Fagaras_Manastirea_franciscana_%281%29.JPG\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Fagaras_Manastirea_franciscana_(1).JPG\u0022\u003EAndrei kokelburg\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/ro\/deed.en\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA 3.0 RO\u003C\/a\u003E, via Wikimedia Commons","name":"Holy Trinity Franciscan Church and Monastery","seolink":"holy-trinity-franciscan-church-and-monastery","note":"","history":"The town's medieval Gothic church, originally in the care of the Franciscans, was destroyed in 1704 by the cannons of imperial general Rabutin firing from the castle. 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