Villages with Fortified Churches
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Location
Transylvania

Country
Romania

Year of Research
1993

Culture
  • These Transylvanian villages with their equipped churches provide a vivid picture of the cultural site of southern Transylvania.
  • The seven villages inscribed, founded by the Transylvanian Saxons, are characterized by a exact land-use system, settlement pattern and organization of the family farmstead that have been preserved since the late Middle Ages.
  • They are conquered by their fortified churches, which illustrate building styles from the 13th to the 16th century.