Fortified churches from Transylvania

GETTING UNDER THE SKIN

You have to "taste" the local stuff for a real Transylvanian experience.

- See how it’s produced and taste the natural honey right from the beehive! (do not attempt that yourself…)
- Listen to local stories with giants and dragons
- Taste the good wine from Biertan and the home-made apple juice from the area
- Try a drinking session with “Palinca” (a local brandy) together side by side with exuberant locals
- Listen to an organ concert in “Biserica Neagra” - Black Church (Brasov)
- Find out the real story of Dracula (where does the name came from and how some real historic facts became a very popular, selling, successful legend)

FOCUS

Biertan / Birthaelm

The folks of Biertan, sensible people but with a tendency to be on the stingy side, claimed that the people of Medias, who were up to no good, had tricked them. The story goes that, long ago, representatives of the two burgs were sent to the King so he would decide which one of the two would be the capital for the seat of the county.

SHOP

Fortified Churches Multimedia CD
15 EUR
Over 400 images revealing 44 saxon villages from Transylvania and their Fortified Churches, historical facts and architectural information, 19 local legends, an interactive map of the site, explicit hand-made drawings on how were the churches made, a see-through section ; all this toghether with a large, easy-to-use dictionary which will accurately explain all the specific or not so well-known terms you will come upon. Available in 7 languages: Romanian, German, English, Hungarian, French, Spanish, Catalan

With the support of: Cooperazione