Description:
The inside of a fortified saxon church;The Saint Michael Church is typical of the Saxon basilicas built in the vicinity of Sibiu. The Church at Cisnadioara has one of the few Saxon fortifications built prior to the Tartar raids in 1241. It was erected on a 70 m high rocky spur, i.e. St. Michael Mountain, from which the name of the parish actually derived.
Photo taken on: April 26th, 2009

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