Rasnov

Rasnov is a city in Brasov County, Romania with a population of 15,022. It is placed at about 15 km from the city of Brașov and approximately the identical distance from Bran, on the street that links Wallachia and Transylvania. The Roman fortress of Cumidava become found in 1856 close to the metropolis. The fortress of Rasnov was built inside the years 1211-1225 by using Teutonic Knights. Râșnov was stated for the first time in 1331 as Rosnou and once more in 1388 as villa Rosarum. While the village was razed frequently in its records by means of Tatars, Turks and Wallachians, the fort become conquered most effective as soon as, in 1612 by using Gabriel Báthory. In 2002, the Rasnov Fortress and surroundings have been used in the course of the capturing of several scenes from the.

American movie Cold Mountain. As of August 2013, Rasnov became the host of the primary excessive metallic competition in Romania, known as Rockstadt Extreme Fest which turned into held on the hill's base with the Râșnov Citadel. The pageant featured bands such as Decapitated, Napalm Death, Gojira, Carach Angren, Septicflesh, Primordial amongst many others and it keeps to at the present time.