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Saschiz Fortified Church
Located 9.95 miles from Sighisoara, Saschiz is renowned not only as home to one of Transylvania's finest fortified churches but also as a carpentry and wood-painting center.
The Evangelical Church of Saschiz was built between 1493 and 1496 by Saxon colonists. The monument is very impressive due to its sheer size and the way the fortifying elements have been adapted to the shape of a church building. From the outside, the church appears to be a bulwark, but its defensive role is surpassed by the beauty of its gothic elements: huge arches, massive buttresses and decorative stone and brick aspects.
The Evangelical Church of Saschiz was built between 1493 and 1496 by Saxon colonists. The monument is very impressive due to its sheer size and the way the fortifying elements have been adapted to the shape of a church building. From the outside, the church appears to be a bulwark, but its defensive role is surpassed by the beauty of its gothic elements: huge arches, massive buttresses and decorative stone and brick aspects.
Access is done by car, coach or train.
Biertan Fortified Church
Located 18 miles from Sighisoara, the Biertan Fortified Church features late-gothic architecture with heavy doors and double exterior walls, the church boasts the largest Transylvanian multi-paneled wooden altar and a remarkable wooden door which once protected the treasures in the sacristy. The altar was built by artisans from Vienna (Austria) and Nurenberg (Germany) between 1483 and 1513. The door, a true marvel of engineering, has a particularly ingenious locking mechanism with 15 bolts that can be simultaneously activated by a key. The mechanism stirred quite an interest at the Paris World Expo in 1900.
Access is done by car.
Rupea Fortified Church
Located 32 miles from Sighisoara, we encounter the town Rupea.
In Rupea is situated the fortress with the oldest archaeological vestiges on the territory of Romania. The first documentary testimony dates back to 1324.
Access is done by car, coach or train.
The Medieval Town of Tirgu Mures
Located 25 miles from Sighisoara, is the city of Targu Mures. Called literally for a "market" on Mures River, known as the city of roses, Targu Mures enjoys the best Romanian and Hungarian cultures. In the medieval period, the guilds, made up of groups of craftsmen, played an important role in the evolution of the city.
Access is done by car, coach or train.
The Medieval Town of Medias
Located 20 miles from Sighisoara, you will arrive in the medieval town of Medias.
During the Middle Ages, Medias, like most other towns in Transylvania, was strongly fortified. Its 33 craft guilds built, maintained and defended the bastions of the walled city against invading forces. The fortified church of St. Margaret represented the core around which the citadel gradually developed. The center of the ancient settlement of Medias has maintained a medieval feel with narrow winding lanes, centuries-old houses and a large pedestrian square surrounded by colorful facades.
During the Middle Ages, Medias, like most other towns in Transylvania, was strongly fortified. Its 33 craft guilds built, maintained and defended the bastions of the walled city against invading forces. The fortified church of St. Margaret represented the core around which the citadel gradually developed. The center of the ancient settlement of Medias has maintained a medieval feel with narrow winding lanes, centuries-old houses and a large pedestrian square surrounded by colorful facades.
Access is done by car, coach or train.
The Medieval Town Sibiu
Located 54 miles from Sighisoara, the medieval town Sibiu is lacated.
Sibiu is a pedestrian-friendly city with two easily accessible levels: the Upper town, home to most of Sibiu's historic sights, and the Lower town, lined with colorful houses on cobblestone streets and bounded by imposing city walls and defense towers overlooking the river Cibin.
Access is done by car, coach or train.
Viscri Fortified Church
Located 25 miles from Sighisoara, one of the most interesting Saxon fortified churches is located in the village of Viscri (Weisskirch in German).
Unlike other Transylvanian fortified churches, Viscri was built around 1100 by the Szekler population and taken over by Saxon colonists in 1185. This explains why this unique gothic church displays a plain straight ceiling rather than a traditional vaulted one.
Access is done by car.
Harman Fortified Church
Located 65 miles from Sighisoara, located in the heart of Harman (Honigburg in German, meaning Honey Castle) village, this fortified church dates back to the 13th century when Saxons built the original structure. Strong walls and bulwarks surrounded the church and on its sides, massive towers were added.
The choir was built in a square shape with a vault resembling a cross. It was surrounded by two chapels, indicating the influence of the Cistercian style.
Access is done by car, or by train to Brasov and from there by bus to Harman.
The Medieval Town Brasov
Located 72 miles from Sighisoara.
Fringed by the peaks of the Southern Carpathian Mountains and resplendent with gothic, baroque and renaissance architecture, as well as a wealth of historical attractions, Brasov is one of the most visited places in Romania.
Fringed by the peaks of the Southern Carpathian Mountains and resplendent with gothic, baroque and renaissance architecture, as well as a wealth of historical attractions, Brasov is one of the most visited places in Romania.
Access is done by car, coach or train.
Bran Castle
Located 98 miles from Sighisoara, surrounded by an aura of mystery and legend and perched high atop a 200-foot-high rock, Bran Castle owes its fame to its imposing towers and turrets as well as to the myth created around Bram Stocker's Dracula.
Built on the site of a Teutonic Knights stronghold dating from 1212, the castle was first documented in an act issued by Louis I of Hungary on November 19, 1377, giving the Saxons of Kronstadt (Brasov) the privilege to build the Citadel.
Access is done by car, or by train to Brasov and from there by bus to Bran.
Darjiu Fortified Church
Located 25 miles from Sighisoara, the fortified church at Darjiu was initially built in Roman style in the 14th century, and later rebuilt in gothic style. It was fortified in the 16th century when locals drew inspiration from the fortified churches of neighboring Saxon villages. The Gate Tower preserves its initial form, with openings for shooting missiles; wooden shutters provided protection against incoming projectiles. The original interior frescoes, some of the most impressive Transylvanian medieval works, have been preserved.
Access is done by car or train.
Valea Viilor Fortified Church
Located 32 miles from Sighisoara, in the Vineyards Valley, this fortified church was built in 1263 in gothic style and was enlarged and fortified in the 15th and 16th centuries by adding a range of 26-foot-tall and five-foot- wide walls. A unique element is the well in the center of the church choir that provided water for the locals during sieges. Inside, you can admire Saxon furniture and decorations dating from the 16th century.
Access is done by car or train.
Bazna Fortified Church
Located 34.8 miles from Sighisoara, we find the fortified church in Bazna. In the middle of the settlement a fortified fortress with palisades was built. It's a peasant fortress with the church in the fifteenth century.
The enclosure has an approximately circular path and originally had three towers. The big tower is the bell tower and the entrance tower at the same time. In the northwest is a short and elongated tower, and in the north-east one can see the traces of a shorter tower.
Access is done by car.
Dealul Frumos Fortified Church
Located 28.6 miles from Sighisoara, there is the fortified church of Dealul Hill. As all the churches in southern Transylvania, the one from Dealu Frumos was surrounded by a rectangular enclosure dating from the beginning of the XVIth century. With the increase of the number of inhabitants, the premises were enlarged and a five-sided tower was erected, which, somewhere under the streets, houses several inscriptions, including the year 1522.
Access is done by car.
Crit Fortified Church
Located 20 miles from Sighisoara.
On the site of the current church there was an old stone church, first documented in 1270. The old church was demolished in 1810 and in 1814 the building of the current church was built in neo-classical style.
In the fifteenth century a wall of an irregularly shaped oval contour was erected. Four of the five initial towers are still in place. In 1908, a gate through the west tower was used to allow the crossing of the trunk. That is why the Tower is now called the Knights' Tower.
Access is done by car.
Apaffi Castle
Located 11.8 miles from Sighisoara, in Dumbraveni we find the Apaffi Castle. In the old days the entrance to the castle was protected by a wall with bastions and ditch with water. The other three sides were surrounded by the lake. After the death of the Apafi family, the castle became royal property. The current city leadership wants to capitalize on the huge building. In a few rooms, a museum was set up to present the role of the Armenians in the formation of the city, the community and their lives.
Access is done by car.
Bezid Lake
Located 31 miles from Sighisoara, is Lake Bezid. The works for the construction of the dam began in 1975 and were completed in 1989, when all the houses of Bezid, including the church, were sunk. Now '' Bezidul-Vechi '' village is at the bottom of the lake. The locality consisted of 180 houses where a unique community from a historical and religious point of view lived. Recently Lake Bezid was emptied because of an incident on a bridge that collapsed. The ruins of the old village can now be seen because the bottom of the lake has been exhausted.
Access is done by car.