Citadels, castles and other fortifications in Romania is a daring project meant to bring to public attention the local defensive architecture from the Neolithic until the late Middle Ages. The synthesis-oriented, easy to read text gives a brief presentation of the military history of this geographic...

Citadels, castles and other fortifications in Romania is a daring project meant to bring to public attention the local defensive architecture from the Neolithic until the late Middle Ages. The synthesis-oriented, easy to read text gives a brief presentation of the military history of this geographic area, explaining the political context in which people built fortifications an citadels. The book is made valuable by the remarkably rich illustrations.