Poienari Fortress

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Poienari Fortress is a medieval Romanian stronghold dramatically perched on a cliff above the Argeș River, famously associated with Vlad the Impaler and often linked to the Dracula legend.

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Poienari Fortress canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic monument ⓘ
medieval fortress ⓘ
accessedBy staircase ⓘ
architecturalStyle medieval fortification ⓘ
associatedWith Dracula legend ⓘ
linked to: Dracula mythos

Vlad III Dracula ⓘ
Vlad the Impaler ⓘ
linked to: Vlad III Dracula
builtInCentury 13th century ⓘ
category castle in Romania ⓘ
fortress in Romania ⓘ
tourist attraction in Argeș County ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
elevationAboveRiver approximately 200 meters ⓘ
expandedBy Vlad the Impaler ⓘ
linked to: Vlad III Dracula
function military stronghold ⓘ
refuge fortress ⓘ
governedDuringMedievalPeriodBy Princes of Wallachia ⓘ
linked to: Prince of Wallachia
hasFeature courtyard ⓘ
defensive walls ⓘ
towers ⓘ
hasViewOf Argeș River ⓘ
Transfăgărășan road ⓘ
heritageDesignation historic monument of Romania ⓘ
historicalRegion Wallachia ⓘ
linkedTo Ottoman–Wallachian conflicts ⓘ
Romanian medieval history ⓘ
locatedIn Argeș County ⓘ
Muntenia ⓘ
locatedNear Arefu ⓘ
Curtea de Argeș ⓘ
Transfăgărășan road ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Argeș River ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
nearHydrologicalFeature Vidraru Dam ⓘ
nearMountainRange Făgăraș Mountains ⓘ
numberOfSteps approximately 1480 ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
overlooks Argeș River valley ⓘ
linked to: Argeș River

Făgăraș Mountains foothills ⓘ
partOf Wallachian defensive system ⓘ
protectionStatus nationally protected site of Romania ⓘ
rebuiltInCentury 15th century ⓘ
region southern Carpathians ⓘ
situatedOn cliff ⓘ
status ruin ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
dark tourism ⓘ
usedAs tourist attraction ⓘ

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Argeș County → contains → Poienari Fortress ⓘ