Romania-Transylvania

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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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.