2010 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania - Village of Prejmer-Tartlau 2010 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania - Village of Viscri 2010 Villages with Fortified Churches in ...

there were around 300 fortified Saxon churches in Transylvania; now only half of them still stand (Credit: Stephen McGrath) Church keeper Hildegard Linzing, who was born in the village ...

How to live the life Experience Transylvania has a network ... Viscri's main attraction is its fortified church, which gives the village its German (Deutsch-Weißkirch, or German White Church ...

Daniel Ciobbanu is seen here hiking the epic trail in the village of Copsa Mare. Exploring Transylvania comes with promises of medieval citadels, fortified churches, and legendary castles.

After several days at Bethlen, we drove an hour east to Viscri, one of Transylvania’s best-preserved Saxon villages, with pastel-colored houses leading up to its unesco-listed fortified church.

Romanian studio Modul 28 has updated and extended the rectory of a church in Transylvania ... in the village of Curciu, the building was renovated as part of an initiative led by the Fortified ...

2010 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania - Village of Biertan Clarification / adopted 2010 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania - Village of Prejmer-Tartlau Clarification / ...

Transylvania's abandoned Saxon villages were gradually repopulated by Romanians ... "In the 15th century, they fortified their churches so they could serve as a refuge for the inhabitants in the event ...

These Transylvanian villages with their fortified churches provide a vivid picture of the cultural landscape of southern Transylvania. The seven villages inscribed, founded by the Transylvanian Saxons ...

Carmen Schuster was a young woman when she left the Transylvanian village ... fortress-like churches listed as UNESCO world heritage sites. "In the 15th century, they fortified their churches ...