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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).
Sibiu is situated near the geographical center of Romania at Set in the Cibin Depression, the city is about 20 km (12 mi) from the Făgăraș Mountains , 12 km (7.5 mi) from the Cibin Mountains , and about 15 km (9.3 mi) from the Lotru Mountains , which border the depression in its southwestern section.
The following is a list of fortified churches in Transylvania. Southeastern Transylvania in Romania has one of the highest numbers of still-existing fortified churches, which were built during the 13th to 16th centuries, a period during which Transylvania was part of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire was rising . [ 1 ]
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.
The site was originally listed in 2007 as the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians, shared by Slovakia and Ukraine, extended in 2011 to include the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany, extended in 2017 to list 12 areas in Romania and in some other countries, and further expanded in 2021 to include forests in a total of 18 countries. [15]
Bukovina [nb 1] is a historical region at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe. [1] The region is located on the northern slopes of the central Eastern Carpathians and the adjoining plains, today divided between Romania and Ukraine.
Romania: Region: Europe and North America ... is the old historic center of the town of Sighișoara (German ... fortified in 1603, partially destroyed in 1606 ...
Krk city walls which obtained their current appearance between the 12th and the 15th centuries but the town itself was fortified since Roman period. Karlovac: Karlovac city walls, built in 1579 as a six-point star with bastions. Omišalj: Oprtalj: Motovun: yes good Nin: yes Novigrad: Novigrad: Pag: Poreč: yes Primošten: Roč: Rovinj: yes Senj ...