Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
These Transylvanian villages with their fortified churches provide a vivid picture of the cultural landscape of southern Transylvania. The seven villages inscribed, founded by the Transylvanian Saxons, are characterized by a specific land-use system, settlement pattern and organization of the family farmstead that have been preserved since the late Middle Ages. They are dominated by their fortified churches, which illustrate building styles from the 13th to the 16th century.
Counties of Alba, Brasov, Harghita, Mureş, Sibiu, Region of Transylvania
N46 8 9 E24 46 23
Date of Inscription: 1993
Extension: 1999
Criteria: (iv)
Property : 553 ha
Buffer zone: 3,728 ha
Ref: 596bisSource:http://whc.unesco.org
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