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Transylvania's Saxon Heritage

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With more than 150 fortified churches from the 13th to 16th centuries, southeastern Transylvania is a cultural and architectural heritage unique in Europe, with seven villages listed as UNESCO World Heritage. The history of the fortified Saxon churches started in the 12th century when King Geza II of Hungary settled 2,500 German colonists to protect and develop the southeastern part of Transylvania. Under the constant threat of the Ottoman and Tatar invasions, the smaller communities created fortified churches with towers and managed to survive almost nine centuries. In 1990 the departure of the Saxons after Ceausescu’s death left the villages occupied by Romanians and Roma people causing an insurmountable gap between the new population and the cultural and architectural heritage of the old one. Many feared the fast disappearance of this unique cultural heritage. Instead, their heritage has been preserved thanks to the Foundation Mihai Eminescu Trust, founded in 1987 with an alternative approach to haphazard development and abandonment. Restoring a single house or church can leave it out of context. Retaining the complete architectural cohesion will be a transient achievement if the living conditions of the villagers do not change. But if they see their heritage as a sustainable source of income with outside assistance, then they could see a future for their communities. Today Viscri is the foremost example of a successful Whole Village Project, attracting international acclaim for its combination of historic preservation and economic regeneration, earning the support of King Charles III when he was still Prince of Wales.

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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. Concert in the Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. 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. Concert in the Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. 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 cemetery of the Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. 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 museum of the Lutheran fortified church with Saxons community daily life obyects, textiles and documents. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500.
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  • Viscri. The museum of the Lutheran fortified church with documents of Saxons emigraton to the other countries. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500.
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  • Viscri. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority, with a few Romanians, and about 20 Germans. It is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In the last years the NGO Mihai Eminescu Trust started from the village of Viscri to restore sensitively many buildings and rivitalize the communitarian way of life. In 2006 also the Prince of Wales bought and restored two traditional Saxon houses in the Transylvanian villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years.
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  • Viscri. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority, with a few Romanians, and about 20 Germans. It is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In the last years the NGO Mihai Eminescu Trust started from the village of Viscri to restore sensitively many buildings and rivitalize the communitarian way of life. In 2006 also the Prince of Wales bought and restored two traditional Saxon houses in the Transylvanian villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years.
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  • Viscri. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority, with a few Romanians, and about 20 Germans. It is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In the last years the NGO Mihai Eminescu Trust started from the village of Viscri to restore sensitively many buildings and rivitalize the communitarian way of life. In 2006 also the Prince of Wales bought and restored two traditional Saxon houses in the Transylvanian villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years.
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  • Viscri. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority, with a few Romanians, and about 20 Germans. It is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In the last years the NGO Mihai Eminescu Trust started from the village of Viscri to restore sensitively many buildings and rivitalize the communitarian way of life. In 2006 also the Prince of Wales bought and restored two traditional Saxon houses in the Transylvanian villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years.
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  • Viscri. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority, with a few Romanians, and about 20 Germans. It is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In the last years the NGO Mihai Eminescu Trust started from the village of Viscri to restore sensitively many buildings and rivitalize the communitarian way of life. In 2006 also the Prince of Wales bought and restored two traditional Saxon houses in the Transylvanian villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years.
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  • Viscri. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority, with a few Romanians, and about 20 Germans. It is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In the last years the NGO Mihai Eminescu Trust started from the village of Viscri to restore sensitively many buildings and rivitalize the communitarian way of life. In 2006 also the Prince of Wales bought and restored two traditional Saxon houses in the Transylvanian villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years.
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  • Viscri. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority, with a few Romanians, and about 20 Germans. It is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In the last years the NGO Mihai Eminescu Trust started from the village of Viscri to restore sensitively many buildings and rivitalize the communitarian way of life. In 2006 also the Prince of Wales bought and restored two traditional Saxon houses in the Transylvanian villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years.
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  • Viscri. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority, with a few Romanians, and about 20 Germans. It is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In the last years the NGO Mihai Eminescu Trust started from the village of Viscri to restore sensitively many buildings and rivitalize the communitarian way of life. In 2006 also the Prince of Wales bought and restored two traditional Saxon houses in the Transylvanian villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years.
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  • Viscri. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority, with a few Romanians, and about 20 Germans. It is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In the last years the NGO Mihai Eminescu Trust started from the village of Viscri to restore sensitively many buildings and rivitalize the communitarian way of life. In 2006 also the Prince of Wales bought and restored two traditional Saxon houses in the Transylvanian villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years.
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  • Viscri. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority, with a few Romanians, and about 20 Germans. It is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In the last years the NGO Mihai Eminescu Trust started from the village of Viscri to restore sensitively many buildings and rivitalize the communitarian way of life. In 2006 also the Prince of Wales bought and restored two traditional Saxon houses in the Transylvanian villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years.
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  • Viscri. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority, with a few Romanians, and about 20 Germans. It is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. In the last years the NGO Mihai Eminescu Trust started from the village of Viscri to restore sensitively many buildings and rivitalize the communitarian way of life. In 2006 also the Prince of Wales bought and restored two traditional Saxon houses in the Transylvanian villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years.
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  • Viscri. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority.Istvan the village's blacksmith. Viscri is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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  • Viscri. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority.Istvan the village's blacksmith. Viscri is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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  • Viscri. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority.Istvan the village's blacksmith. Viscri is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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  • Viscri. A Roma pesant near Viscri. He lives in Italy but comes back in summer to help the family in the fields. Once a Saxon village today Viscri's population is of Roma majority. It is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, designated in 1993 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.  In 2006, The Prince of Wales bought and restored two 18th century Saxon houses in the Transylvanian villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years and many buildings have been sensitively restored.
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  • Buneşti, once a Saxon village today population is of Roma majority.
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  • Biertan, horse near the village.
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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. 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, 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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  • 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.
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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.
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  • Mălâncrav. Traditional Saxon houses.
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  • Mălâncrav. Traditional Saxon dress in the local museum. In the village still live more Saxons than in the nearby villages.
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  • Mălâncrav. Maria Nistor, a waiwer with a traditional loom. In the last Years NGO like the Mihai Eminescu Trust helped to rivitalize the economy of these villages.
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  • Mălâncrav. Waiwer with a traditional loom. In the last Years NGO like the Mihai Eminescu Trust helped to rivitalize the economy of these villages.
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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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  • Mălâncrav. The Saxon Romanesque Lutheran church has some of the most significant Gothic murals in Transylvania recently reatured (2011-2014). In the village still lives more sSaxons than in the nearby villages.
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  • Mălâncrav. Venera Dudas Mānāstirean is working with the local community and the Mihai Eminescu Trust to rivitalize the economy of the village.
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  • Alma Vii. Traditional charcoal burning. Zoltan, the last of the village to work in a traditional way, lives with his family for 7 months near the charcoal burning place..
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  • Alma Vii. Traditional charcoal burning. Zoltan, the last of the village to work in a traditional way, lives with his family for 7 months near the charcoal burning place..
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  • Alma Vii. Traditional charcoal burning. Zoltan, the last of the village to work in a traditional way, lives with his family for 7 months near the charcoal burning place..
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  • Alma Vii, the country roads around the village are only for off roads vehicles or horses.
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  • Alma Vii, the country roads around the village are only for off roads vehicles or horses.
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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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  • 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 the old Saxon school.
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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. Pictures of the old Saxon community.
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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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  • Vilea Vilor.
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  • Sighisoara. The narrow streets of the Citadel.
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  • Sighisoara. The covered stair from the Citadel to the 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. 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 is the symbol of the town. In the 17th century, a two-plate clock, with figurines carved from linden wood, was set at the top of the tower,
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  • Sighisoara. 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 cemetery near the Saxon fortified church. 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 cemetery near the Saxon fortified church. 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 German wife of a Saxon fron Transylvania now living in Germany looks for relatives in the cemetery near the Saxon fortified church, the "Church of the Hill". The traditional Saxon dress of Transylvania has Romanian motifs but black and white colours instead of the more colourful Romanian dresses.
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  • Sighisoara. The Saxon fortified church., the "Church of the Hill".
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  • Sighisoara. The narrow streets of the Citadel.
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  • Sighisoara. The narrow streets of the Citadel.
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  • Sighisoara. The narrow streets of the Citadel.
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  • Sighisoara. The Vlad Dracul House located in the Citadel Square is the place where Vlad Tepes, the inspiration for Bram Stoker's famous Dracula, was born in 1431 and lived with his father, Vlad Dracul, until 1435.
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  • Sighisoara. The Vlad Dracul House located in the Citadel Square is the place where Vlad Tepes, the inspiration for Bram Stoker's famous Dracula, was born in 1431 and lived with his father, Vlad Dracul, until 1435.
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  • Sighisoara. The Vlad Dracul House located in the Citadel Square is the place where Vlad Tepes, the inspiration for Bram Stoker's famous Dracula, was born in 1431 and lived with his father, Vlad Dracul, until 1435.
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