Churches in Transilvania - landmarks

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List of interesting landmarks in Transilvania


St. Nicholas Church Densuş

St. Nicholas Church Densuş

Transilvania, RomaniaSt. Nicholas Church Densuş, Hunedoara county, is one of the oldest and most enigmatic Byzantine churches in Romania. It is among the few churches where the liturgy service was held without interruption over the centuries that have elapsed since its construction. It is also the oldest church in Romania who still hold jobs.

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Black Church Brasov

Black Church Brasov

Transilvania, RomaniaSixteenth century edifice, originally known as the Saint Mary's Church, Black Church is the most representative monument of Gothic architecture in Romania. The church was torched before the year 1384, and the reconstruction lasted until 1477. An inscription discovered in the wall attest that the first church founded by him which we learn that Thomas died in 1410. Used by architects plan was to basilica with three naves, of equal height, joined in the type of church-hall favorite in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in the German area, where some were from other architects and craftsmen.

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Church and Franciscan Monastery - Cluj-Napoca

Church And Franciscan Monastery - Cluj-Napoca

Transilvania, RomaniaRoman Catholic Church and Franciscan Monastery of Cluj-Napoca is one of the oldest and most significant buildings in the city. Originally, this place was the oldest Roman Catholic church, first in Cluj, built in XI-XII centuries, but destroyed during the first invasion of the Tatars (1241). After its destruction, its place was built in 1260-1290 during a late Romanesque church, rebuilt in the fifteenth century Gothic style.

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Church Type "Rotonda"  - Geoagiu Bai

Church Type "Rotonda" - Geoagiu Bai

Transilvania, RomaniaBai Geoagiu Rotonda Church built in the eleventh century is the oldest church in Romania and it's Transylvanian religious architecture is unique in being the only building of this type that has been preserved since it was built until now in a form very close to the original, from foundation to roof, with a few changes made over the centuries. Church - rotunda belonged to the noble family Akos that ruled the area Geoagiu at that time .

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Fortified Church Viscri

Fortified Church Viscri

Transilvania, RomaniaWithdrawn from the main road connecting Brasov and Sighisoara, Viscri village hosts one of the most spectacular fortified Saxon church, the other being one of the six included in the UNESCO world heritage. Peculiarities have attracted attention and goodwill settlement Mihai Eminescu Trust, a foundation sponsored by Prince Charles himself, who has renovated several houses in the village church and restoring some of their original brilliance.

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Fortified Church Dârjiu

Fortified Church Dârjiu

Transilvania, RomaniaDârjiu fortified church is declared UNESCO world heritage site in 1999 and is one of the most important churches szekler fortified, and comes in all references of these goals in Transylvania. This mainly due murals (mostly destroyed) within the church but the surrounding architecture and fortifications.

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Reunification Cathedral nation

Reunification Cathedral Nation

Transilvania, RomaniaHistorical Monument of the city of Alba Iulia Orthodox Cathedral, also known as the Reunification Cathedral is a symbol of our national unity achieved by the Act of 1918. It was built in the years 1921-1922, in the west of the city of Alba Iulia, Apulum ancient Roman and medieval Bălgrad, was conceived as a continuation of the monastic Metropolitan balgradean demolished in 1713-1714 by the Habsburgs.

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St. Nicholas Church Brasov

St. Nicholas Church Brasov

Transilvania, RomaniaDocumentary mentioned for the first time in the Papal Bull of 15 November 1399 as a wooden church, the cathedral began to be built in stone in 1495, by the locals with Romanian ruler, Neagoe.

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Church on the Hill - Sighisoara

Church On The Hill - Sighisoara

Transilvania, RomaniaChurch on the Hill is by far the most valuable monument of ecclesiastical architecture of Sighisoara. She is a representative of the Gothic style buildings in our country, it is in terms of size, third in Romania.

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Fortified Church Saschiz

Fortified Church Saschiz

Transilvania, RomaniaSaschiz is situated in Mures county, in the south-east of the Plateau Tarnavelor at the foot of wooded hills. This troubled history of the Middle Ages left us testimony two divisions.

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Church of Saint John (Franciscan) Brasov

Church Of Saint John (Franciscan) Brasov

Transilvania, RomaniaSt. John Church is a Gothic building that has undergone several transformations in the Renaissance and Baroque (sec. XVI-XVIII). In form the present church dates from 1711, which explains the preponderance of use of Baroque style. The church belonged to the Franciscan order of monks, who were persecuted and driven from town in 1525 by the Saxons moved to Protestantism.

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Fortified Church of Biertan - Sibiu

Fortified Church Of Biertan - Sibiu

Transilvania, RomaniaComplex clerical and defense Biertan located at 40 km from Bazna, was built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Gothic style, with specific elements of the Renaissance. For nearly 300 years Biertan was chosen as the headquarters of the Evangelical Diocese (1572-1867)

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Fagaras Evangelical Church

Fagaras Evangelical Church

Transilvania, RomaniaEvangelical Church, built in neoclassical style in the years 1842-1843, is the place where it was found and is keeping a Bible printed in German (1544)

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Fortified Evangelical Church - Bazna

Fortified Evangelical Church - Bazna

Transilvania, RomaniaBazna fortified church is a monument of historic and religious architecture. Large Evangelical Church, built in 1402 in Romanesque style, with changes in 1504-1506 that gave the appearance of the church hall belonging to the late Gothic.

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Borsec Orthodox Church

Borsec Orthodox Church

Transilvania, RomaniaThe current parish in Borsec, dedicated to the Transfiguration, was built in 1847, fir wood, with stone foundation and originally was designed to worship the Roman - Catholic cult.

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Fortified Church Vine Valley

Fortified Church Vine Valley

Transilvania, RomaniaVine Valley City is located in the northern county of Sibiu, a distance of 14 km. The town of Medias, county road Motiş 142g - Vine Valley - DN14. The village is located in an area known wine.

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Prejmer Fortified Church

Prejmer Fortified Church

Transilvania, RomaniaPrejmer fortified church is 15 km from Brasov, in the eastern part of the Brasov Depression, enrolling in a whole chain of Saxon villages, each hosting a fortified church. Built in sec. XIII and fortified two centuries later, evangelical church is the most powerful city Prejmer ecclesiastical and also the oldest Gothic monument in Transylvania.

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Church Orlea Santamaria - Hateg

Church Orlea Santamaria - Hateg

Transilvania, RomaniaThe village is located in southwestern Haţegului (Hunedoara county), the old Roman road linking Streiului Sarmizegetusa and place output in depression. He was named to the position surrounded by the Great River Water vomit.

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Strei Church

Strei Church

Transilvania, RomaniaStrei Church is in the eponymous village, a distance of 14 kilometers Simeria on national road 66, near the famous stone church and the city Densus Calan, Hunedoara county. Stream village located on the left bank of the river Strei old church was built in the middle of the village cemetery.

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Roman Catholic Church Brasov

Roman Catholic Church Brasov

Transilvania, RomaniaRoman Catholic Church Street Muresenilor religious edifice in baroque style, was built with direct financial support of Empress Maria Theresa, by the architect Joseph Charles Lamasch, between 1776-1782.

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Piarist Church

Piarist Church

Transilvania, RomaniaPiarist Church, originally known as the Jesuit Church in Cluj, that the University Church, located at the University no. 5, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is the first Catholic church built up in Transylvania after the Protestant Reformation, also the first edifice in baroque style in the province. It is one of the most important symbols in Cluj, a prototype for many other churches in Transylvania.

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St. Margaret Church - Medias

St. Margaret Church - Medias

Transilvania, RomaniaSt. Margaret Church is evangelical church in the town of Medias. The building is cunscut, among other things, its leaning tower. It is one of the most important churches in Transylvania built in late Gothic style. Church under the patronage of St. Margaret of Hungary, canonized in 1276.

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Calvary Catholic Church Manastur

Calvary Catholic Church Manastur

Transilvania, RomaniaMănăştur area, near Cluj, the current Spring street no. 60, was raised from the eleventh century, Benedictine abbey "Monasterium Beatae of Clus Mariae," a wall of defense. This was the foundation upon which was built to preserve and what today is known as Calvary Catholic Church, dedicated to St. Mary. " Raised on an oval fortification consisting of a wave of high ground, the church had ditches to the south, east and west, north and there is a natural steep slope.

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Ascension Orthodox Cathedral - Targu Mures

Ascension Orthodox Cathedral - Targu Mures

Transilvania, RomaniaAscension Orthodox Cathedral is the largest church in Targu Mures and was built in downtown (now Square Rose) between the years 1925 to 1934 at the initiative of Archpriest Stefan Rusu, instead of singing the famous fountains of Peter Bodor.

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Fortified Church Agnita

Fortified Church Agnita

Transilvania, RomaniaThe point of maximum attraction is the fortress city Agnita peasant fortified church housed therein. Confirm the existence of royal privileges Agnita city in 1466, it was probably built with the church - the Gothic hall, built on the foundations of a Roman basilica, without the tower of the thirteenth century, fortified in the first quarter of the XVI century. In a document preserved in the church until 1948, it was shown that of 1409 as the current building.

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St. Nicholas Church - Fagaras

St. Nicholas Church - Fagaras

Transilvania, RomaniaChurch of St. Nicholas, founded by Constantin Brancoveanu, was built after the model of Mogoşoaia Brancoveanu Palace chapel (1688)

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