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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.
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. It is an inhabited medieval citadel that, in 1999, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its 850-year-old testament to the ...
MS-II-m-A-15974. The Church on the Hill ( Romanian: Biserica din Deal, German: Bergkirche) is an architecturally significant church located in 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.
Sighișoara Clock Tower. Coordinates: 46.2193°N 24.7933°E. The Clock Tower in Sighișoara. In every fortification system there is one fortress that dominates the others: the master-tower. The Clock Tower of Sighișoara ( Romanian: Turnul cu Ceas, German: Der Stundturm) is the main entry point to the citadel, opposite guarded by Tailors' Tower.
Vlad Dracul House. Vlad Dracul House of Sighișoara is located in Tin Street No.1, between the Citadel square and the Clock Tower. It's the place where Vlad the Impaler, the historical character who inspired the Bram Stoker 's Dracula, is supposed to be born, in 1431. His father, Vlad Dracul, the ruler of Wallachia, and his pregnant wife were ...
The Holy Trinity Church, Sighişoara ( Romanian: Biserica Sfânta Treime din Sighişoara) is a Romanian Orthodox Church located on the northern bank of the Târnava Mare River, Sighişoara, Romania. As the seat of an archpriest and not a bishop, it is a church and not technically a cathedral, but is commonly referred to as such.
Coordinates: 46°13′11″N 24°47′36″E. Monastery Church. The Monastery Church, also known as the Church of the Dominican Monastery ( Romanian: Biserica Mănăstirii Dominicane, German: Dominikanerkapelle ), is a Gothic church formerly part of a medieval Dominican monastery in Sighișoara, Romania. The monastery was erected in 1289, and ...
Sighișoara Medieval Festival. Sighişoara Medieval Festival or Festivalul Sighişoara medievală is a Romanian festival held on the last weekend of July in Sighişoara, Romania .