SAXON TRANSYLVANIA - Saxon fortified churches and citadels from Transylvania, Romania - Galleries: Rupea

JUNE 09, 2007
Pictures of the Cistercian church from Carta.

MAY 11, 2007
Pictures from Herina and from Dumitra donated by Mr. Thaler Tamás from Hungary. Many thanks!

MAY 05, 2007
The strong and beautiful fortress of Prejmer has joined our site.

APR 25, 2007
Let's go to Sighisoara and watch the city guard in a very interesting clip.

APR 25, 2007
Our largest gallery is now online. And, of course, it is from Sighisoara.

APR 24, 2007
We added a few shots from the church of Hetiur.

Fortresses : RUPEA - REPS

The first mentioning in a document (castrum Kuholm) dates from 1324 and refers to the old peasant fortress situated on a basalt rock on the northwest side of the town. Rupea (Reps) was one of the so-called "7 German towns of Transilvania" (Siebenbürgen).