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  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches. The church has three rows of exterior fortifications linked by nine towers.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches. The church has three rows of exterior fortifications linked by nine towers.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches. The church has three rows of exterior fortifications linked by nine towers.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches. The church has three rows of exterior fortifications linked by nine towers.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. Old Saxons flags. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches.
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  • Biertan, the fortified church, on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The lock of one wooden door contains 19 locks in one. It won first prize at the Paris World Expo in 1900.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. Saxon Lutheran bishop graves conserved inside one of the 9 towers. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. View of the village from the church's towers. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches.
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  • Mălâncrav. The Saxon Romanesque Lutheran church has some of the most significant Gothic murals in Transylvania recently reatured (2011-2014).
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  • Mălâncrav. The Saxon Romanesque Lutheran church has some of the most significant Gothic murals in Transylvania recently reatured (2011-2014).
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  • Mălâncrav. The Saxon Romanesque Lutheran church has some of the most significant Gothic murals in Transylvania recently reatured (2011-2014).
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  • Mălâncrav. The Saxon Romanesque Lutheran church has some of the most significant Gothic murals in Transylvania recently reatured (2011-2014).
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  • Richiş, the fortified evangelic Saxon church. It stands out from other similar village churches maybe also due to the fact that for a long time a monastic order resided here and has rich decorations: the funnel-shaped western portal, the pillars and columns with capitals supporting the ribs of the vaults, the keystones decorated with masks.
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  • Richiş, the fortified evangelic Saxon church. It stands out from other similar village churches maybe also due to the fact that for a long time a monastic order resided here and has rich decorations: the funnel-shaped western portal, the pillars and columns with capitals supporting the ribs of the vaults, the keystones decorated with masks.
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  • Richiş, the fortified evangelic Saxon church. It stands out from other similar village churches maybe also due to the fact that for a long time a monastic order resided here and has rich decorations: the funnel-shaped western portal, the pillars and columns with capitals supporting the ribs of the vaults, the keystones decorated with masks.
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  • Richiş, the fortified evangelic Saxon church. It stands out from other similar village churches maybe also due to the fact that for a long time a monastic order resided here and has rich decorations: the funnel-shaped western portal, the pillars and columns with capitals supporting the ribs of the vaults, the keystones decorated with masks.
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  • Richiş, the fortified evangelic Saxon church. It stands out from other similar village churches maybe also due to the fact that for a long time a monastic order resided here and has rich decorations: the funnel-shaped western portal, the pillars and columns with capitals supporting the ribs of the vaults, the keystones decorated with masks.
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  • Richiş, the fortified evangelic Saxon church. It stands out from other similar village churches maybe also due to the fact that for a long time a monastic order resided here and has rich decorations: the funnel-shaped western portal, the pillars and columns with capitals supporting the ribs of the vaults, the keystones decorated with masks.
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  • Homorod. The Saxon church.
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  • Moşna. The Saxon fortified church.
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  • Prejimer fortified church dates back to the 13th century. What’s special about it is that it is made up of  no less than 272 rooms, the equivalent of the number of families living in Prejmer at that time.
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  • Prejimer fortified church dates back to the 13th century. What’s special about it is that it is made up of  no less than 272 rooms, the equivalent of the number of families living in Prejmer at that time.
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  • Prejimer fortified church dates back to the 13th century. What’s special about it is that it is made up of  no less than 272 rooms, the equivalent of the number of families living in Prejmer at that time.
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  • Harman (Honigburg in German, meaning Honey Castle) village, this fortified church dates back to the 13th century when Saxons built the original structure. The fortified complex includes many rooms for the inhabitants in the case of siege.
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  • Harman (Honigburg in German, meaning Honey Castle) village, this fortified church dates back to the 13th century when Saxons built the original structure. The fortified complex includes many rooms for the inhabitants in the case of siege.
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  • Harman (Honigburg in German, meaning Honey Castle) village, this fortified church dates back to the 13th century when Saxons built the original structure. The fortified complex includes many rooms for the inhabitants in the case of siege.
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  • Harman (Honigburg in German, meaning Honey Castle) village, this fortified church dates back to the 13th century when Saxons built the original structure. The fortified complex includes many rooms for the inhabitants in the case of siege.
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  • Harman (Honigburg in German, meaning Honey Castle) village, this fortified church dates back to the 13th century when Saxons built the original structure. The fortified complex includes many rooms for the inhabitants in the case of siege.
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  • Harman (Honigburg in German, meaning Honey Castle) village, this fortified church dates back to the 13th century when Saxons built the original structure. The fortified complex includes many rooms for the inhabitants in the case of siege.
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  • Harman (Honigburg in German, meaning Honey Castle) village, this fortified church dates back to the 13th century when Saxons built the original structure. The fortified complex includes many rooms for the inhabitants in the case of siege.
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  • Vilea Vilor. The Saxon fortified church.
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  • Vilea Vilor. The Saxon fortified church.
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  • Sighisoara. The imposing Clock Tower, the symbol of the town, dominates the three squares of the historic centre and protects the stairway connecting the upper town and the lower town. Founded by German craftsmen and merchants, Sighişoara is a fine example of a small, fortified medieval town which played an important strategic and commercial role on the fringes of central Europe for several centuries.
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  • Sighisoara. The imposing Clock Tower, the symbol of the town, dominates the three squares of the historic centre and protects the stairway connecting the upper town and the lower town. Founded by German craftsmen and merchants, Sighişoara is a fine example of a small, fortified medieval town which played an important strategic and commercial role on the fringes of central Europe for several centuries.
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  • Sighisoara. The imposing Clock Tower, the symbol of the town, dominates the three squares of the historic centre and protects the stairway connecting the upper town and the lower town. Founded by German craftsmen and merchants, Sighişoara is a fine example of a small, fortified medieval town which played an important strategic and commercial role on the fringes of central Europe for several centuries.
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  • Sighisoara. The imposing Clock Tower, the symbol of the town, dominates the three squares of the historic centre and protects the stairway connecting the upper town and the lower town. Founded by German craftsmen and merchants, Sighişoara is a fine example of a small, fortified medieval town which played an important strategic and commercial role on the fringes of central Europe for several centuries.
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  • Sighisoara. The imposing Clock Tower, the symbol of the town, dominates the three squares of the historic centre and protects the stairway connecting the upper town and the lower town. Founded by German craftsmen and merchants, Sighişoara is a fine example of a small, fortified medieval town which played an important strategic and commercial role on the fringes of central Europe for several centuries.
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  • Sighisoara. The imposing Clock Tower, the symbol of the town, dominates the three squares of the historic centre and protects the stairway connecting the upper town and the lower town. Founded by German craftsmen and merchants, Sighişoara is a fine example of a small, fortified medieval town which played an important strategic and commercial role on the fringes of central Europe for several centuries.
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  • Sighisoara. The Saxon fortified church., the "Church of the Hill".
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  • Sibiu. Piata Halbert Huet with the lutheran cathedral.
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  • Sibiu. Piata Halbert Huet with the lutheran cathedral.
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  • Sibiu. Piata Halbert Huet with the lutheran cathedral.
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  • Sibiu. The lutheran cathedral.
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  • Sibiu. The lutheran cathedral.
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  • Sibiu. The lutheran cathedral.
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  • Sibiu. The lutheran cathedral.
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  • Sibiu. The lutheran cathedral.
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  • Sibiu. The lutheran cathedral.
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  • Sibiu. The lutheran cathedral.
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  • Sibiu. The lutheran cathedral.
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  • Brasov. The Black Church (Biserica Neagra )is the largest Gothic church between Vienna and Istanbul, and still used by German Lutherans today. Built between 1383 and 1480, it was named for its appearance after a fire in 1689.
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  • Brasov. The Black Church (Biserica Neagra )is the largest Gothic church between Vienna and Istanbul, and still used by German Lutherans today. Built between 1383 and 1480, it was named for its appearance after a fire in 1689.
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  • Brasov. The Black Church (Biserica Neagra )is the largest Gothic church between Vienna and Istanbul, and still used by German Lutherans today. Built between 1383 and 1480, it was named for its appearance after a fire in 1689.
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  • Brasov. The Black Tower (Turnul Negru).
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