List of fortified churches in Transylvania
Fortified church of Axente Sever
Fortified church of Cristian, Sibiu County
Fortified church of Copșa Mare
Fortified church of Hărman
Hosman and its fortified church
Fortified church of Iacobeni
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] More than 150 villages in the area count various types of fortified churches, seven of them being included in the UNESCO World Heritage under the name of Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania.
List of Saxon towns and villages
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The following is a list of Transylvanian Saxon towns and villages with a fortified church.[2]
- Agârbiciu
- Agnita
- Alma Vii
- Alțâna
- Amnaş
- Apold
- Archita
- Ațel
- Avrig
- Axente Sever
- Băgaciu
- Bărcuț
- Bazna
- Beia
- Biertan
- Bod
- Boian
- Bradu
- Brateiu
- Brădeni
- Bruiu
- Bunești
- Buzd
- Câlnic
- Cața
- Cenade
- Chirpăr
- Cincșor
- Cincu
- Cisnădie (end of the 12th century)
- Cisnădioara (2nd half of the 12th century)
- Cloașterf
- Codlea
- Copșa Mare
- Cricău
- Cristian
- Cristian (13th-15th centuries)
- Criț
- Curciu
- Dacia
- Daia, Mureș
- Daia, Sibiu
- Daneș
- Dârlos
- Dealu Frumos
- Dobârca
- Drăușeni
- Dupuș
- Feldioara
- Felmer
- Fișer
- Gherdeal
- Ghimbav
- Gușterița (now a district of Sibiu, 13th-15th centuries)
- Hamba (16th century)
- Hălchiu, Brașov
- Hărman
- Hetiur
- Homorod
- Hosman
- Iacobeni, Sibiu
- Ighișu Nou
- Jimbor, Brașov
- Laslea
- Măieruș
- Mălâncrav
- Marpod
- Mediaș
- Mercheașa
- Merghindeal
- Meșendorf
- Metiș, Sibiu
- Micăsasa
- Miercurea Sibiului
- Moardăș
- Moșna
- Motiș, Sibiu
- Movile, Sibiu
- Netuș
- Nocrich
- Noiștat
- Ocna Sibiului
- Orăștie (around 1400)
- Pelișor, Sibiu
- Prejmer
- Racoș
- Râșnov
- Richiș, Sibiu
- Roadeș
- Rodbav
- Roșia, Sibiu
- Rotbav
- Ruja
- Ruși
- Sânpetru
- Sântimbru
- Saschiz
- Seliștat
- Slimnic
- Stejărișu
- Șaeș
- Șard
- Șaroș pe Târnave
- Șeica Mare
- Șeica Mică
- Șelimbăr (13th century)
- Șoala
- Șoarș
- Șomartin
- Șura Mare (13th century)
- Șura Mică (13th century)
- Tălmaciu
- Țapu
- Toarcla
- Turnișor (now a district of Sibiu, 12th-20th centuries)
- Ungra
- Valchid
- Valea Viilor
- Velț
- Veseud
- Viscri
- Vulcan, Brașov
- Vulcan, Mureș
- Vurpăr, Alba
- Vurpăr, Sibiu
List of Székely towns and villages
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The following is a list of Székely towns and villages with a fortified church.
Additional examples
Fortified church of Rotbav
Fortified church of Prejmer
Fortified church of Șeica Mică
Fortified church of Ţapu.JPG)
Fortified church of Valea Viilor
Fortified church of Aita Mare
Fortified church of Cârța
Fortified church of Delnița
Fortified church of Moșna
Fortified church of Viscri
See also
References
- ↑ Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania. UNESCO World Heritage Centre 1992-2010
- ↑ Fabini, Hermann (2015). The Church-fortresses of the Transylvanan Saxons. Sibiu: MonuMenta. ISBN 978-973-7969-19-4.
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