Mălăiești Fortress, Medieval citadel in Hunedoara County, Romania.

Mălăiești Fortress consists of a stone keep (donjon) and a ring wall, to which four polygonal towers were added around 1588. The keep and the enclosure were first built in the first two decades of the 14th century and later heightened. The monument is listed under code HD-II-m-A-03363 and was abandoned in the 17th century.

The fortress was built in the first two decades of the 14th century, when a stone keep was surrounded by a ring wall. In a second phase the keep and the enclosure were raised in height. Around 1588 four polygonal towers were added, and the site was abandoned in the 17th century.

The fortress is a listed historic monument under code HD-II-a-A-03363 in Romania's register of monuments, in Mălăiești village, Sălașu de Sus commune, Hunedoara County. Its Romanian name is Cetatea Mălăiești and its Hungarian name Malajesdi vár; the national archaeological register records it under code 91143.01.

The fortress stands on the territory of Mălăiești village, in Sălașu de Sus commune, Hunedoara County. The site is recorded in the National Archaeological Repertory under code 91143.01, and its position is mapped only approximately, by comparing the 1:25,000 Romanian topographic map with the maps in Luca S. 2008, page 151. Expect an unmarked location rather than a signposted visitor route.

The fortress is listed in Romania's National Archaeological Repertory under code 91143.01, and its keep and enclosure wall carry separate historic-monument codes (HD-II-m-A-03363.01 and .02). Its exact position was only fixed by comparing the 1:25,000 Romanian topographic map with the maps published by Luca S. in 2008, page 151.