TIRGOVISTE FORTRESS

The Royal Court represents an overall construction of the centuries XV-XVIII. The first royal house with precinct, with towers, of which we can see today a part of the old walls and basement, was built by Mircea the Old. The rulers that followed have added new ones, have renovated or expanded existing buildings. Thus, during the reign of Vlad the Impaler (1456-1462) was built Chindia Tower (27 meters in height, with 122 steps), with role of defense, and Peter Cercel (1583-1585) built a second royal house (a building with floors) and the Royal Church, between the years 1396-1698. For over three centuries it was the royal residence and throne for 33 voivodes, starting with Mircea the Old and ending with Constantin Brancoveanu.