Enisala Fortress
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The Enisala Fortress (often referred to as Heracleea Fortress) is a 12th to 14th century medieval fortress sitting high on a hill overlooking Lake Razim (Razelm) and a vast field of reed grass and water channels, in Tulcea County, Romania.
The fortress was first conquered by the Ottomans in 1388/1389, and retaken in 1416/1417 after a brief Wallachian rule (it belonged to Wallachia's Prince Mircea the Elder). It was conquered by Sultan Mehmet I in 1417 (who renamed it "o Yeni Sale"). Due to the new political situation and the development of sand spits that hampered trade, the fortress gradually decayed, and was finally abandoned around the end of the 15th century.
The fortress was first conquered by the Ottomans in 1388/1389, and retaken in 1416/1417 after a brief Wallachian rule (it belonged to Wallachia's Prince Mircea the Elder). It was conquered by Sultan Mehmet I in 1417 (who renamed it "o Yeni Sale"). Due to the new political situation and the development of sand spits that hampered trade, the fortress gradually decayed, and was finally abandoned around the end of the 15th century.
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Coordinates: 44°53'2"N 28°50'7"E
- Orgame (Argamum) fortified settlement 16 km
- Dacian fortress of Beidaud 28 km
- Trenches 29 km
- Trenches 29 km
- Ancient Halmyris 33 km
- Ancient Greek City of Histria 38 km
- Ulmetum Fortress 54 km
- Mamaia Casino 74 km
- The Greek and Roman Antique City of Tomis 80 km
- Castrul 14 (16) / "Eski Duran Iol Tabia" 83 km
- Babadag Military Training Camp Base 5.8 km
- Razim (Razelm) Lake 13 km
- Golful Holobina 21 km
- Turbine Eoliene 24 km
- Beştepe commune 28 km
- Dranov Lake 29 km
- Beştepe Hills 29 km
- Sand dunes area 30 km
- Fish Farm Murighiol 35 km
- Danube Delta 41 km