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Sighisoara Citadel – Road Trip – 2nd Stop |Family Trip | Travel with Kate Claudia ✔
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SIGHISOARA
Located in the historic region of Transylvania, It is a popular tourist destination for its well-preserved walled old town, which is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
During the 12th century, German craftsmen and merchants known as the Transylvanian Saxons were invited to Transylvania by the King of Hungary to settle and defend the frontier of his realm. The chronicler Krauss lists a Saxon settlement in present-day Sighișoara by 1191.
The city played an important strategic and commercial role at the edges of Central Europe for several centuries. Sighișoara became one of the most important cities of Transylvania, with artisans from throughout the Holy Roman Empire visiting the settlement.
The Baroque sculptor Elias Nicolai lived in the city. The Wallachian voivode Vlad Dracul (father of Vlad the Impaler (Dracula)), who lived in exile in the town, had coins minted in the city (otherwise coinage was the monopoly of the Hungarian kings in the Kingdom of Hungary) and issued the first document listing the city’s Romanian name, Sighișoara.
Central Sighișoara has preserved in an exemplary way the features of a small medieval fortified city. It has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Each year, a Medieval Festival takes place in the old citadel in July.
Sighișoara is considered to be the most beautiful and well-preserved inhabited citadel in Europe, with authentic medieval architecture. In Eastern 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” (Cetate). The lower town lies in the valley of Târnava Mare river.
TOWERS
Sighișoara Clock Tower (Turnul cu Ceas) – the landmark of the city is a 64 m-high tower built in the 13th century. Today it is a museum of history.
The Tinsmiths’ Tower (Turnul Cositorarilor)
The Butchers’ Tower (Turnul Măcelarilor)
The Bootmakers’ Tower
The Tailors’ Tower (Turnul Croitorilor)
The Furriers’ Tower (Turnul Cojocarilor)
The Ironsmiths’ Tower (Turnul Fierarilor)
The Ropemakers’ Tower (Turnul Frânghierilor)
The Tanners’ Tower (Turnul Tăbăcarilor)
The Face Tower – tower on the route to Târgu Mureș, out of the citadel, but still worth visiting thanks to its story.
CHURCHES
-The church on the hill (Biserica din Deal) – is undoubtedly one of the most valuable architectural monuments of the city and has been one of the most representative buildings of the gothic site of Romania.
-The Monastery Church (Biserica Mânăstirii Dominicane) – is a gothic style architectural monument which is placed in the neighbourhood of the Clock tower and it was built at the beginning of the 13th century. It is the only church without a bell: the reason is basically that the Saxons weren’t great spenders and thought that one bell, the one of the Church on the hill, was enough for the whole city.
-The Saint Joseph Roman Catholic church
-Leprosy Church (Biserica Leproșilor)
-The Orthodox Cathedral of Sighișoara (Catedrala Ortodoxă)
Civil architecture
House on the Rock (Casa de pe stâncă)
House with shingles (Evert) – is dedicated to craftsmen for Educational Interethnic Centre for Youth.
Venetian House or Green House (Casa Venețiană)
Vlad Dracul’s House
Sighișoara City Hall
Sighișoara hotel complex – built between 1886-1889 was the seat of city hall.
Indoor wooden staircase or the Scholar’s Stairs
School on the Hill
The Stag House (Casa cu Cerb)
The Citadel Square (Piața Cetăți)
Casa Asociatiei Mestesugaresti (La Perla)
Joseph B. Teusch Building (Hotel Central Park)
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