Deva, Romania Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

The capital of Hunedoara county, DEVA , 30km west of Orastie, lies on the east side of a citadel, built during the thirteenth century and transformed into one of Transylvania's strongest fortifications on the orders of the warlord, Hunyadi. The citadel crowns a volcanic hill in the shape of a truncated cone – supposedly the result of a stupendous battle between the djinns (spirits) of the Retezat mountains and of the plain, hence the fort's old nickname, the "Citadel of the Djinn". Although the mason charged with building it reputedly immured his wife in its walls in order to guarantee his … more »