I found a parking space at the foot of the fortress, then climbed the Citadel Hill. I was very curious about what I would find in the city. Even though I've seen enough videos and photos, it doesn't compare to what you actually see. Although it was somewhat difficult for me to walk through the cobbled alleys, we walked through every corner of Sighisoara trying to discover the traces of the past transformed into what we see today. I also really liked the picturesque view of the city. Someone told me he would look even better in the clock tower. For others it may seem interesting to climb the tower, for me it is harder.
Where did I enter the fortress? Below the Tailors' Tower, a building built in the 14th century and is the second most important entrance after the one under the clock tower. Once in the citadel, we didn't know where to start, big dilemma, I would say. So, for a start, we chose to start with Zidul Cetății Street.
After walking on the street of the Citadel Wall, we headed to the Citadel Square under a historic building, painted yellow, through a double gangway (see photo above). I stepped on the cubic stone of the narrow streets, trying to capture in the photos almost everything my eyes saw.
We reach the most visited objective, the Clock Tower. It is 64 m high and is located in the southeastern part of the fortress, it is visible from anywhere in the city center. The building was built in the 14th century to protect the city's main gate. Also there is the history museum of the city.
Unfortunately, I did not enter the history museum. As you can see from the photo above, there were many people waiting. We thought we might be lucky at Vlad Dracul's house (Vlad Țepeș's father). It is a house painted yellow, the interior modified to attract tourists.
We then headed to the Furrier's Tower, a classic square tower, and a few tens of meters away, the Butchers' Tower. It is said that the supplies and herds of animals were brought here. Then we go out through a gang provided in the Tanners' Tower. Here we have the opportunity to see the defensive wall and the Tin Tower from the outside.
While looking for Vlad Dracul's House, I came across Casa with deer, an interesting building dating from the 17th century. It can be seen on a corner of the building representing two deer (on the northern and western facade) with their heads and a pair of common horns on the edge of the house.
Walking along the alleys of the fortress we reach the north and visit the Shoemaker's Tower, dating from 1521, often destroyed and rebuilt. Then I visited the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Joseph, built in 1894, after the demolition of the Monastery of the Franciscan Mothers and the Locksmith's Tower.
From the Catholic Cathedral, we took a walk through a beautiful park called Petőfi Sándor Park in honor of the famous poet. From the park we returned to the fortress to see if we had forgotten any important buildings.
When it came to important buildings, I was impressed by the building of the County Palace, today the headquarters of Sighisoara City Hall. A building built in Renaissance style, built in 1888. However, it does not seem to have its place there, it looks like a somewhat modern building compared to the rest. I don't know, it's just my opinion.
I photographed many buildings, whose names I do not know, buildings that impressed me with their beauty. So dear reader, if you know, give me a hand.
Sighișoara Medieval Fortress is the old historical center of Sighișoara, Mureș County, built in the twelfth century by Saxon settlers under the Latin name Castrum Sex and preserved almost unchanged to this day, it is still inhabited today. In 1999 the fortress was inscribed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.
The fortress is located on the southern bank of the river Târnava Mare, on a hillside 850 m long, on two terraces: the lower terrace, Dealul Cetății, is located at an altitude of 350 m above sea level (approx. 30 m above the city). de Jos), and the upper terrace, Dealul Școlii, at an altitude of 429 m (about 49 m above the lower terrace). It is surrounded by a wall of 930 m whose initial height was about 4 m. Later, the height of the wall was increased in some places to 14 m. The wall was built between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries as protection against Turkish attacks. The wall had 14 towers, of which 9 are preserved to this day. The towers functioned as the headquarters of various craft guilds
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