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Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania

Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The south-eastern Transylvania region in Romania currently has one of the highest numbers of existing fortified churches from the 13th to 16th centuries. It has more than 150 well preserved fortified churches of a great variety of architectural styles (out of an original 300 fortified churches). Read more on Wikipedia

• type: UNESCO World Heritage Site
• date from: None
• UNESCO World Heritage Site: 596

Source: en.wikipedia.org