Sighişoara

The history of theselands has roots that go way back in time ... Sighisoara is the constructive work of German settlers brought in Transylvania to guard the frontiers of the old Hungarian kingdom.
Older or newer findings show that in the basement of the hill, where we find today the  current Citadel, are traces of settlements and mecropoles dating from the beginning of the Iron Age.
On the School Hilltop, where the Church on the Hill is now, has existed since prehistoric antiquity of land, a ground citadel with trenches and waves reinforced with…

Sighişoara

The history of theselands has roots that go way back in time ... Sighisoara is the constructive work of German settlers brought in Transylvania to guard the frontiers of the old Hungarian kingdom.
Older or newer findings show that in the basement of the hill, where we find today the  current Citadel, are traces of settlements and mecropoles dating from the beginning of the Iron Age.
On the School Hilltop, where the Church on the Hill is now, has existed since prehistoric antiquity of land, a ground citadel with trenches and waves reinforced with palisades, amplified by Székely and destroyed by the Tartars, than demolished by the Germans to make room for a stone medieval fortress with the role of refuge for settlement on the hill.
The current appearance of the Citadel is due to the reconstruction effort made after the great fire, when all the houses were rebuilt in stone and brick, the whole street structure of the entire citadel was modified, the Clock Tower’s roof has changed, giving it the actual look.
The medieval history of Sighisoara is concluded at the end of the nineteenth-century leaving as legacy this city-museum, unique in Central and South-East Europe, which we will have to learn to cherish and preserve.