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Sunday, September 6, 2009

Historic Centre of Sighişoara

Card # 19
These postcard sent to me by Calin

The Sighisoara Citadel is the old historic center of the town of Sighişoara , Romania, built in the 12th century by Saxon colonists under the Latin name Castrum Sex. It is an inhabited medieval citadel that, in 1999, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its 850-year-old in 1999 for testament to the history and culture of the Transylvanian Saxons.

Birthplace of Vlad III the Impaler, also known as Dracula, Sighişoara hosts, every year, a medieval festival where arts and crafts blend with rock music and stage plays. The city marks the upper boundary of the Land of Sachsen. Like its bigger brothers, Sibiu (Hermannstadt - The European Cultural Capital in 2007) and Braşov (Kronstadt), Sighişoara exhibits architecture typical of medieval Germany. During the Communist era, this German area was preserved, and the original architecture is still in place.

Information Obtained From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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