Targu Mures Citadel
On the place of this citadel there was the Citadel-Castle built in 1492 by the voivode Báthory István, that was destroyed in 1601 as a result of the Turkish-Tartar invasion. In 1602 the reconstruction of the old citadel started under the rulling of Borsos Tamás. The result of them, that lasted until 1652 was the citadel that had a pentagonal shape , having 7 bastions . They were connected between by walls, that were about 10 meters high. They were built on 3-4 levels, daubed on the outside and ornated on the inside . The levels of the bastions lie on wooden girders, the connection between them being made on the outside, directly or in the sentinel way , or wodden stairs. The citadel was enconjoured by a ditch that was 10 meters width and 8 meters deep, following to be covered on the beginning of the 20th century.
The reason of building this citadel was to intimidate the disobedience of the Sachs, becoming the centre of the cannonade garrison in the town, after it was conquered by the Austrians.
Nowadays the citadel is a place where cultural events take place, for example The Targumureseanean Days, where there are each year over 80000 participants, “The Beer Festival”, “The Wine and Must Holiday”, “The Kinder Town”, etc.
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