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In Eastern Europe and Southeastern Europe, Sighișoara is one of the few fortified towns that are still inhabited. The town is made up of two parts. The medieval stronghold was built on top of a hill and is known as the Citadel (Cetatea). The lower town lies in the valley of Târnava Mare river.
Location of the Sighișoara Citadel in Romania Show map of Romania 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.
The Fortress of Arad is a fortification system built in the city of Arad, Romania, on the left bank of the Mureș River in the 18th century at the direct order of the Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa. The fortress today lies in the city's Subcetate neighbourhood, on the former military border between the Habsburg Empire and the Ottoman Empire ...
The south-eastern Transylvania region in Romania currently has one of the highest numbers of existing fortified churches from the 13th to 16th centuries. It has more than 150 well preserved fortified churches of a great variety of architectural styles (out of an original 300 fortified churches).
It is a well-preserved example of a small fortified medieval town shaped by the interactions of cultures from Central Europe and the Byzantine-Orthodox Southeastern Europe. It was founded by the Transylvanian Saxons, a community of German merchants and craftsmen. They have lived in the region for over 850 years, however, due to immigration in ...
Escape the summer tourist hordes to the picturesque region of Transylvania in Romania. Tour the most charming towns with this road trip plan.
The town was the fortified area on the north side of the fortress. In the middle of the town there was the bazaar , the centre of commerce. The suburbs ( Palanca Mare ) were, in turn, divided into the Rascian Town ( Rascians was the name given by the Habsburgs to the orthodox Serbs) and the Island (other than the one that protected the castle ...
The Brassovia (Romanian: Brașovia) fortress was one of the seven fortified cities that provided the German name for Transylvania: Siebenbürgen, 'seven fortresses'. The building, located between the peak and the crest [ clarification needed ] of Tâmpa, is presumed to have been raised in the time of the German Knights (1212–1218), or if not ...