After several years in the rehabilitation site, the medieval Deva Citadel acquired a new appearance. For several days, the fortress has also been illuminated ambiently, and the night images taken by a photographer from Deva show its original appearance.
Citadel of Deva. Photo: Cristian Resiga. Facebook
The medieval fortress of Deva was reopened to tourists in May 2024, after being under rehabilitation for the last ten years. For a few days, it has also become more visible at night.
“The lighting of the citadel has been re-functionalized, and now, with the evening falling, we can once again admire its beauty and majesty”, transmit the representatives of the Deva City Hall.
The night photos taken by Cristian Resiga, a photographer from Deva, show the new appearance of the monument, which can be seen from tens of kilometers, from the Mureș valley.
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Built in the medieval era on the ruins of an ancient settlement, but ruined in the middle of the 19th century, the medieval Deva Citadel went through extensive rehabilitation works in the last decade, which led to the reconfiguration of the settlement and gave the public new places to visit.
Citadel of Deva. Photo: Cristian Resiga. Facebook
Access to the citadel can be done on foot or by climbing the new cable car, put into use this year.
The medieval fortress of Deva, a history of eight centuries
The Deva fortress was built in the 13th century on a spur of the Poiana Ruscă mountains, in the Mureș valley, and was used in the first centuries for military purposes. In the 15th century it belonged to the Huniads, and then to several princely families from Transylvania.
In the Middle Ages, the medieval Deva Citadel was a strategic objective for the defense of Transylvania. It had been built on the hill of the last branch of the Poiana Ruscăi Mountains, and in front of it lay the Mures Valley and the Apuseni mountains.
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The fortress was considered by a chronicler of the era as the most successful fortification in Transylvania and one of the most resistant in Europe, before the discovery of firearms, according to historian Ioan Andrițoiu.
In the summer of 1849, a large part of the fortress was destroyed by a powerful explosion in the mountain storehouse it housed. The locals then used its ruins to build some houses in Deva. Over time, the old fortress became a tourist landmark of Hunedoara. In the last decade, its three enclosures were rehabilitated, one by one, with the help of European funds attracted by the local authorities of Deva.
