Sighisoara is located in Transylvania, Romania and is one of the few fortified towns in Europe still inhabited today. It has a long defensive wall with 14 towers and 5 artillery bastions, with 9 towers, 2 bastions and part of the wall still preserved. The Clock Tower is a prominent landmark in the town, standing at 64 meters tall with 6 floors. The town hosts an annual Medieval Music Festival celebrating medieval culture with music, exhibitions, and competitions.

1. Sighisoara
Is located in the historic
region of Transylvania.
In Europe,
Sighişoara is one
of the few
fortified towns
which are still
inhabited.

3. The defence system built and
protected by the guilds consisted in a
long wall of 930m, 14 defence towers
and 5 artillery bastions; there are still
preserved 9 towers, 2 bastions and a
part of the wall.
The towers:
The Clock Tower
The Leather Dressrs’ Tower
The tinkers’ Tower
The Goldsmith’ Tower
The Rope Makers’ Tower
The Butchers’ Tower
The Furriers’ Tower
The Weavers’ Tower
The Taylors’ Tower
The Shoemakers’ Tower
The Locksmiths’ Tower
The Coopers’ Tower
The Barbers’ Tower
The Clock Tower The Blacksmiths’ Tower

4. The Clock Tower – symbol of the town
The Clock
Tower counting
6 floors (110
steps) is 64
meters in hight.
It was built to
protect the main
gate of the town
and to house
the Council. The
Clock Tower was
also useful to
depositing the
archives and
treasury of
Sighisoara.

5. The History Museum of
Sighisoara The Torture Chamber
is hosted by The Clock Tower. The
History Museum displays
collections thematically arranged
in separate rooms: archaeology,
pharmacy, furniture, crafts and
guilds, ancient clocks, arms.

6. The Vlad Dracul
House
is the most ancient civil
stone construction of
the city. Today the
house serves as a
restaurant. Sighisoara is
the birthplace of Vlad
Tepes (the inspiration
for Bram Stoker's
character Dracula)

7. The House With Stag
Is called after the stag head fixed to the corner of the building.

8. The Central City Square
Was in the Middle Age a market and a trial place for actions at law.

9. The School on the Hill
was built in 1607-1608
The Covered Stairway
Next to the School Street was
built in 1642 a covered wooden
stairway named the Covered
Stairs. The stair was to facilitate
the schoolchildren's way to the
School on the Hill during
winter.

10. The Monastery Church
The
Monastery
Church
dedicated
to the Holy
Virgin was
built at the
beginning
of the 13th
century.

11. Medieval Music
Festival
(the biggest medieval
festival of Romania)

12. The city of Sighişoara
hosts the Medieval
Festival featuring
medieval
music, film, poetry, fo
lk music
concerts, middle-age
dress
exhibition, middle-
age dance
competition, and a
competition of love
declarations.
For more information about
the festival see:
http://www.sighisoaramedie
vala.ro/indexen.html

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