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SIBIU

Sibiu - the capital of the Saxon civilization in Transylvania.

Sibiu - the capital of the Saxon civilization in Transylvania.

SIBIU – The city was founded by the German (Saxon) colonist in the 12th century. It was mentioned in documents as Cibinul or Hermannstadt, and in 1366 it was ranked as town. Sibiu was the first and most important city colonized by the Saxons and all along its history it kept this status of capital of the Saxon civilization in Transylvania.

Alba Iulia

Alba Iulia -The symbol of Romanian unification, Alba Iulia is the place where in 1918 the document that joined together

The symbol of Romanian unification, Alba Iulia is the place where in 1918 the document that joined together all Romanian territories was signed.

CLUJ-NAPOCA

CLUJ-NAPOCA -Ancient capital of Dacia province under Roman occupation, Cluj is also the place where Matei Corvin, king of Hungar

Ancient capital of Dacia province under Roman occupation, Cluj is also the place where Matei Corvin, king of Hungary, was born.

Wooden churches from Maramures

Wooden churches from Maramures - To prove their faith, the people from Maramures built those wooden churches as high as possible

To prove their faith, the people from Maramures built those wooden churches as high as possible using original building techniques.

Neamt Fortress

Targu Neamt - Neamt Fortress

A fortress that resisted to many foreign invasions, a very important point of the Moldavian defense system.

Neamt Fortress – It was build during the reign of Petru I with central fort with 4 towers. After one century, during the reign of Stephen the Great, the fortress was enriched with a new external wall and half round bulwarks in order to resist artillery fires. In 1866 the fortress was declared historical monument. The present rehabilitation works try to rebuild entirely the fortress at it used to be.

Brasov, Transylvania

Brasov, Transylvania - A lot of surprises you can find in the medieval center

A lot of surprises you can find in the medieval center of the town, even the narrowest street in Europe.

Red Lake, Moldavia

Red Lake, Moldavia - One more time the nature surprises us creating this place of a strange beauty.

One more time the nature surprises us creating this place of a strange beauty.

Red Lake – It was formed in 1837 after an earth slide at 980 meters altitude. It is said that a rock fell from the mountain, block the river Bicaz, and formed the lake as it can be seen today. The most interesting thing about the lake is neither its origin, nor its color, but its look. Before the lake formed, here was a forest that now is sunk. All over the place you can still see tree stumps coming out of the water.

Bicaz Gorges, Moldavia

Bicaz Gorges, Moldavia - A place where you can realize how helpless we are against the power of nature.

A place where you can realize how helpless we are against the power of nature.

The Bicaz Gorges – Cheile Bicazului, in Romanian, were formed at the end of Hasmaş Mountains by Bicaz river and its tributaries. They lay between the Red Lake and Bicaz Chei village. The gorges are 1 kilometer long and because of their narrow space they look like a canyon. Here you can also find over 300 species of plants including fir-trees and yew trees. The Bicaz Gorges also represent the main mountaineering objective in Romania.

Sighisoara

Sighisoara, Vlad the Impaler's Birth Place -as the Saxons of Transylvania

Sighisoara - the medieval fortified town where you can still feel the knights' spirit.

The fortified churches

The fortified churches - In Transylvania the Saxon community model

In Transylvania the Saxon community model, brought here by the German colonists, developed a unique feature facing the migratory populations' danger, this is the fortified church.

Bran Castle

Bran Castle side view

The castle built in fairy tale landscape was one of the main sources of the Count Dracula's myth.

Peles Castle

Peles Castle - The building of the Peles Castle started in 1873 during the reign of Prince Karol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen,

Former royal residence, the Peles Castle, built in German style is often compared with "Schloss Neuschwanstein", Bavarian Castle built by king Ludwig II.

The building of the Peles Castle started in 1873 during the reign of Prince Karol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, after the drawings of the Viennese architect Wilhelm Doderer. After 1876, the building site was entrusted to Johann Schultz from Lemberg but the building was finalized by the Czech architect Karel Liman in 1914.

BUCHAREST

Romanian Atheneum - Bucharest

Called "Little Paris" at the beginning of the last century, Bucharest can still reveal you some secrets of the good old times.

Moldova’s Monasteries

Moldova’s Monasteries containing themes from Genesis

Moldova’s Monasteries containing themes from Genesis, Creation, Adam’s Fall, the Banishment from Paradise, the Prayer of all saints or the Judgment Day. The Moldavian monasteries with painted exterior walls are a unique phenomenon in the world.

Moldova’s Monasteries – Usually built on the site of earlier monasteries, the outer fresco Moldavian churches date from the 15th century, more precisely from the period after 1530. Most oh these churches were built during the reign of Prince Petru Rareş of Moldavia, the illegitimate sun of Stephen the Great (1457-1504).

Hunedoara Castle

Hunedoara Castle - the most famous residence of Iancu of Hunedoara, where Vlad the Impaler was imprisoned for few years.

Hunedoara Castle – Built in the 14th century over some old earth works on a rock, near Zlasti brook, the castle is a very commanding construction with high colored roofs, with towers, windows and balconies with stone fancy works. It was one of the biggest and most famous properties of Iancu of Hunedoara. It was used as royal residence not only as strategic fortress.