Sunday, from Sighisoara, we drove west to Biertan, another of the ancient Saxon towns, another UNESCO World Heritage Site, its 15th century fortified church
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The valley Biertan is in goes on for miles; once heavily cultivated, for centuries;
the terracing is monumental, but now unused |
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It was all abandoned largely by its German inhabitants, after WWII; the towns
are not quite ghost towns--but close; nothing much has been built since the
early 1900s |
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The fortified church from the town square; concentric
walls, several towers and wards, all pretty much 15th
and 16th century, remarkably preserved |
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| Outer wall |
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Another covered staircase leads up to the
church |
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| View of part of the town of Biertan from the ramparts |
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| One of the great old towers |
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| Another |
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| Part of the church exterior |
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