Photo location game · Europe
Romania landmarks quiz: guess where 9 photos were taken
9 photographs of Romania and the map they belong on. Five make a round; the full set is below for study.
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Five of the 9 places, one at a time. Put a pin where you think the photo is.
Tap the map where you think this is
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A colourful Transylvanian citadel with a clock tower.
Photo: Pudelek (Marcin Szala) / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Transylvania's unofficial capital, a university city of Gothic churches and baroque squares.
Photo: Nuță Lucian / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A Gothic fortress of towers and drawbridges, said to have held Vlad the Impaler.
Photo: Carcea Daniel / CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, via Wikimedia Commons
The heaviest building in the world, Ceaușescu's colossal palace in Bucharest.
Photo: Diego Delso / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The gorge where the Danube squeezes between the Carpathians and the Balkans.
Photo: Pudelek / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A 1690 monastery, the finest example of Romania's Brâncovenesc style.
Photo: Cristian Chirita / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Romania's highest peak at 2,544 metres, in the Făgăraș Mountains.
Photo: Amorphisman / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Romania's Black Sea port, ancient Tomis, where the poet Ovid died in exile.
Photo: Julian Nyča / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A neo-Renaissance castle of turrets and timber, summer home of Romania's kings.
Photo: Myrabella / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHow to place them
Iron Gate is as far west as it goes and Constanța as far east; 490 km separate them.
Five medium, four hard: Sighișoara and Corvin Castle on the hard side. Horezu monastery is a 1690 monastery, the finest example of Romania's Brâncovenesc style.
Romania is one country. The daily draws from all 167.
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How many locations does Romania get?
There are 9, spanning Cluj-Napoca to Constanța. Five come up per round.
Which Romania location is rated hardest?
Sighișoara, Corvin Castle and Constanța, plus one more, carry the hard rating, where 451 km of error costs half the score.
Which Romania photo forgives the widest miss?
Sighișoara. Its radius is 80 km, the widest here; a pin within it takes the full 5,000.