The church

 The church of Bagaciu (in German Bogeschdorf) was first mentioned in a 1389 document. However, the present construction, in late gothic style, was built several decades later at the beginning of the 15th century, around 1421. The stone used in its construction was brought from the distant Cibin valley. The long nave of the church is topped by a flat ceiling. The choir has a ribbed vault and was probably part of the first church. North of the choir there is a door leading into the vestry.

 Several small columns support sculpted brackets with representations of fantastic creatures, masks and vine leaves. The church's walls had once been painted though, due to the Reformation, only two fresco fragments have been preserved. One fragment, on the north wall of the nave, depicts a group of kneeling people dressed in 15th century attire and next to it, on the choir's north wall, there is a fresco representing the face of a Saint. Three meters above the latter fresco, the name of Johannes Plebanus (Ioan Plebanul) is still preserved, indicating that he could be the artist responsible for the paintings.

The fortification

The mantle wall traces an oval path, is 8 metres high, and used to be equipped with wooden wall passages which have unfortunately been lost. The precinct was doubled on the northern and southern side by a curtain wall.

You can find more information about this church and many others on this CD dedicated to the fortified churches in Transylvania.