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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The Fortress of Cālnic (Kelling), one of the most interesting architectural monuments of the XIIIth century, plays a particular part among proposed by the Romanian National Commitee ICOMOS for the World's List of UNESCO.
Until 1430 the Fortress of Cālnic was residence of the Saxon Counts. The last descendant of the nobel family sold the fortress to the Saxon peasant's community of Cālnic. Beginning with the first half of the XIVth century, the communnity started to erect a new wall, to fortify the gate-tower by a barbican and to build a chapel in the courtyard, on the ruins of the former construction. One can find fragments of a fresco from the beginning of the XVIth century, a wooden stand on the westside from 1733, decorated with panels painted in the floral Renaissance style, inspired from folk art. Provision larders have been built in the courtyard, along the walls, to be used in times of affliction. The raising of the second precinct in the XVth century was followed by the ranging in tiers of the keep by two floors, reaching a height of more than 20 meters, ensuring thus an efficiency of the fire arms beyond the exterior wall. |
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