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The Historic Centre of Sighișoara (Sighișoara Citadel) is the old historic center of the town of Sighișoara (German: Schäßburg, Hungarian: Segesvár), Romania, built in the 12th century by Saxon settlers.
Central Sighișoara as photographed by Kurt Hielscher in 1933. A street in central Sighișoara, very close to the Clock Tower. The town centre of Sighișoara, as seen from the Clock Tower during the summer.
Vlad Dracul House. Vlad Dracul House of Sighișoara is located in Tin Street No.1, between the Citadel Square and the Clock Tower.It is the place where Vlad the Impaler, the historical character who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula, is supposed to be born, in 1431.
The tower contains two clock mechanisms, one in wood and one in metal, corresponding to the age of the crafts. Two faces (one looking towards the citadel, the second looking towards the lower city) each hold a clock dial of 2.3 meters diameter, with black and gold hand-painted clock numbers.
Tailors' Tower. The Tailors' Tower (Romanian: Turnul Croitorilor, German: Schneiderturm of Sighişoara), belonging to Mureș County in Romania was built in the 14th century. [1]
Furriers' Tower. The Furriers' Tower (Romanian: Turnul Cojocarilor, German: Kürschnerturm) together with the Butchers' Tower, Törle gate, and the house underneath forms a grouping typical of the medieval architecture of Sighişoara, Mureș County in Romania.
This church is the most important monument of religious architecture in Sighisoara and is one of the great churches of Transylvania, being the third largest. Located at an altitude of 429 meters, on the Hilltop School, the church dominates by its massiveness the entire city and it is visible from a great distance almost from all directions. [ 1 ]
Scholars' Stairs. Scholar's Stairs is an historic site in Sighișoara, Romania.. The Stairs were built in 1642 to connect the lower and upper parts of the citadel in Sighişoara.