List of castles, chateaus and fortresses in Moldova

This list includes castles, chateaus and fortresses in the Republic of Moldova , including facilities in the breakaway Transnistria (Pridnestrovie) area. The systems are mostly overmolded several times and have been partly expanded or changed. Little is known about a status as a protected cultural asset .

Many Moldovan castles from the Middle Ages (historical areas were e.g. Principality of Moldova , Bessarabia ) are now on the territories of Romania and Ukraine and are not listed here. Many culturally and historically valuable buildings are located in the capital Chișinău . Some of them could be seen as city ​​palaces . The Moldovan monument protection authority AIRM identifies 853 architectural monuments, including 49 mansions of boyars , but without listing castles, palaces, fortresses or city palaces separately. Several monastery and churches could as for their valor and location fortified churches are considered.

list

Surname	place	Type	Creation time / use	State of preservation / current use	image
Manuc Bey palace	Hînceşti	Modern castle complex	From 1817 on behalf of the Armenian , and in Bucharest living diplomats Emanuel Mârzayan (Romanized Manuc Bey or Manuc In ) (* 1767 in Russe , † Chisinau 1817) built, but only by his son and grandson Murat Gregory completed	Building complex consisting of a palace, the Countess Çadır's hunting lodge, the bailiff's house, a watch tower and other buildings; severely damaged several times (including earthquake in 1986), extensive renovation in 2013–15 , the castle is a cultural monument of the Republic of Moldova	more pictures
Castel Mimi	Bulboaca	Modern lock	1901 (according to other sources as early as 1893 or 1900) built on his family's land on behalf of the later diplomat and winegrower Constantin A. Mimi ; Forms of classicism and historicism, probably the first Moldovan building in reinforced concrete; was also a winery	2011–2016 renovated, hotel and restaurant complex, winery , museum and art gallery ; listed as a national cultural monument
→ Shehr al-Jadid fortress (Orhei fortress)	Orheiul Vechi	Fortress , citadel , city ​​castle	Built around 1360 as a Tatar city castle and citadel, after the withdrawal of the Golden Horde in 1369 under the control of the Moldovan prince, 2nd half of the 15th century. Boyar seat, destroyed by Crimean Tatars in 1510	Wall sections and enclosing walls with ruins of the corner towers restored	more pictures
Soroca Fortress (Soroca Castle, Olihonia Castle)	Soroca	Fortress	From 1545 at the time of the second reign of Petru Rareș in place of an older wooden moth	Preserved, renovated, 5 tin towers now protected by conical roofs	more pictures
Fortress Tighina (Fortress Bender, Burg Bender)	Bender	Niederungsburg expanded into a fortress	Documented in 1408, expanded at the beginning of the 16th century under Prince Ștefan cel Mare , after the Ottoman conquest in 1538: expanded into a fortress in the middle of the 16th century under Suleyman I and his successors	Preserved, museum, with Münchhausen ball	more pictures
Tiraspol Fortress	Tiraspol	fortress	Built in 1792 under the Russian general Alexander Suworow as a fortress , from which the city of Tiraspol was developed	only small remains preserved as ruins, remains overbuilt	more pictures

See also

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  Portal: Castles and Palaces  - Overview of Wikipedia content on the subject of castles and palaces
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literature

• Frieder Monzer, Timo Ulrichs: Moldova: With Chisinau, all of Bessarabia and Transdnestria , Verlag Trescher, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-8979-4339-1 . 316 pages
• Bernhard Mayer: Moldova for Unorthodox: A user manual , BoD 2016, ISBN 978-3-7392-2711-5 . 68 pages

Web links

• Monuments Website of the Moldovan Monument Protection Agency Agentia de Inspectare si Restaurare a Monumentelor (AIRM)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Monumentele de arhitectură în Centrul Istoric al Chişinăului , accessed on December 21, 2016
2. ↑ Monuments website of the Agentia de Inspectare si Restaurare a Monumentelor (AIRM), accessed on December 21, 2016
3. ^ Castel Mimi: History (in Romanian ), accessed December 15, 2016
4. ↑ Istoria vinului "mimi" ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website www.nunta.md (Moldovan), online: October 15, 2014, accessed: December 21, 2016 
5. ↑ Constantin A. Mimi, the family of Greek-Albanian origin : * 1868/1869 (different information), † April 17, 1935, from 1903 head of administration of the Bender district, ennobled on June 28, 1914, 1913–1917 last governor of Bessarabia , 1926 Director of the Romanian Central Bank
6. ↑ Pictures of the renovated palace complex Website of the operator, accessed on December 19, 2016
7. ↑ Tripadvisor: Old Orhei Archeological Complex
8. ↑ Moldova for Unorthodox: An instruction manual by Bernhard Mayer , BoD , no page number
9. ↑ The Burg Soroca has four round towers and a square tower ( keep on), which in a pentagram to each other and are integrated in a circular Burgmauer
10. ↑ Tripadvisor: Tighina Fortress

References and Notes

1. ↑ Conacul lui Manuc In the Romanian Wikipedia
2. ↑ Conacul Familiei Mimi in the Romanian Wikipedia
3. ↑ Cetatea Orhei ( Orhei Fortress) in the Romanian Wikipedia
4. ^ Cetatea Soroca (Fortress Soroca) in the Romanian Wikipedia
5. ^ Cetatea Tighina (Fortress Tighina) in the Romanian Wikipedia
6. ↑ Tiralskaja krepost (Tiraspol Fortress) in the Russian Wikipedia

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