It’s been quite a while now, after so many years, since I got my first LEGO knight from the LEGO Knights’ Kingdom II sub-theme as a present when I was just a small kid… As I found out once more after circa 20 years since this sub-theme of LEGO was released (being part of the…
The Transylvanian Saxon fortified church of Heldsdorf/H쒃lchiu is one of the most beautiful and picturesque of its kind in Transylvania (or Siebenb쎼rgen as the region is known in German as well as Siweberjen in the Transylvanian Saxon dialect), central Romania. It is situated in the village of H쒃lchiu (known in German as Heldsdorf and in…
The Transylvanian Saxon fortified church of Tartlau (known in Romanian as Prejmer) is one of the most well known of its kind. It was initially built by the Teutonic Knights but, after they were subsequently evicted by the Hungarian monarch Andrew II in 1225, it was subsequently taken over by the Catholic order of the…
The medieval Neam좛 Fortress (known in Romanian as Cetatea Neam좛 or Cetatea Neam좛ului) is one of the most imposing medieval landmarks and citadels on the territory of Romania. This enduring stronghold was built during the late 14th century in the time of Petru I Mu좙at (and was first mentioned in a medieval document issued by…
By historical descent, the Transylvanian Saxons are a predominantly ethnic German group which has been part of the broader German minority in Romania since 1918 onwards. Their noteworthy historical and cultural legacy has survived (and, in several cases, has been well preserved through the efforts of both the natives and EU-funded reconstruction programmes) in Transylvania,…
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