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| The city
of Sighisoara its the most beautiful and well kept forfied town in Transylvania.Sighisoara
reveals itself nowadays too like a genuine city museum offering the modern visitor
the rare opportunity to do a travel back time , in the medieval atmosphere of
some centuries ago. |  |
| | Medieval
Houses |
| In the 12th century a.C.
, in the South and East of Transylvania , a German population was colonized.Coming
from a European space with a superior civilization , this population built the
main medieval towns in Transylvania and Hungary , and brought their contribution
to the development of local civilization. |  |
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| The inhabitants of the medieval town were from the
beginning artisans , organized from early times in guilds (corporations).Even
if the eldest mention of guild in Sighisoara dates from 1376 , from a documentary
point of view most of guilds and handicrafts branches are specified after 1400. |
The
Dracul House |
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| The legend tells that Vlad Tepes ,the prince of the
Romanian Country ,was born there .The town also experienced troubled periods.In
the 17th century , the Szeklers several times occupied the town.In 1676 ,three
quarters of the town burnt down ; in 1709 , the plague kills 1300 out of the 3000
inhabitants of the town. |  |
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| From
the architectural point of view ,one can notice in the city of Sighisoara the
presence of eclecticism : a Gothic style continued by the Renaissance one , and
followed by the Baroque style , at which some other influences are added , both
in the city and Down town. |  |
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| The
defence system built and protected by the guilds consisted in a long wall of 930
m , 14 defence towers and 5 artillery bastions . There are still preserved 9 towers
, 2 bastions and a part of the precinct wall.Out of all the towers , the one that
best reflects the defence effort , and at the came time , the striving for affirmation
and authority in the city of Sighisoara , is The Clock Tower , which became
the very symbol of the town. |  |
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| The
Clock Tower was also useful to the meetings of the Council and to depositing the
archives and the treasury of Sighisoara .The whole fortress is a museum and each
building is a monument . In the Midle Ages the fortress had almost the same number
of houses like nowadays , about 150 .The Venetian House , called after
the stone frames of the windows that imitate the Venetian Gothic , dates from
the 10 th century , being the residence of the Stephanus Mann.The Vlad Dracul
House , the former Paulini house ,seems to be the most ancient civil stone
construction of the city . | 
The
covered stairway ( Scara acoperita) |
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| The House With Stag called after stag head fixed to
the corner of the building, is a construction specific to the Transylvanian Renaissance
, dating probably from the 17 th century. |  |
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| During the last three days of July , Sighisoara hosts
its Medieval Days (Festivalul de Arta Medievala Sighisoara) , during which people
dress in traditional costume and stage music and theatrical performances . A
music festival takes places every year in mid-July . |
Clock
Tower&Museum |
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