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ミヒェルスベルクの教会城塞（Cisnădioara）は、トランシルヴァニアで最も古いロマネスク様式のバシリカの一つであり、伝説によれば、非常に魅力的な伝統があります。 結婚の石の伝説 忍耐力を証明し、要塞への防御物資の供給を確保するために、結婚を望む若い男性の間には次のような習慣がありました。結婚前夜に、急な城山を大きな丸い川石を転がして登らなければなりませんでした。これらの石は、包囲された場合に投射物として使用されるか、単に城への攻撃者に向かって山を転がり落とされるために、城壁の上に保管されていました。 今日でも、これらの力強い石のいくつかが城の中庭で見られます。そして、形を変えて、この習慣は今日まで続いています。結婚式で花嫁が誘拐された場合、新婚の夫たちはしばしば象徴的に石を城まで運び、彼女を買い戻さなければなりません。

The Historical Museum is located in the Altemberger-Pempfflinger House at No. 2 Fleischergasse, which served as Sibiu's town hall between 1545 and 1948. The ten buildings and the fortified tower represent the most impressive example of civilian Gothic architecture in Romania and Southeast Europe. The permanent exhibition covers the settlement history of southern Transylvania from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages. Admission (permanent exhibition): Adults 12 Lei; Children, students, seniors 4 Lei.

The fortified church in AlmaVii (Almen) dates back to the 14th century and was expanded into a fortified church in the 16th century. It is located on a hill in Transylvania and was restored by the Mihai Eminescu Trust. According to legend, the place name derives from Alma – the wife of a watchman who once warned the village of an attack. Today, the castle serves as a cultural center with Baroque furnishings. https://www.almavii.ro/de/

The ensemble is also known as the "Old Town Hall". The complex is one of the most important architectural monuments of the late Gothic period and the largest Gothic residential ensemble in Romania. It was built mainly between 1475 and 1485. In the middle of the 16th century, the ensemble became the town hall. Today, the Historical Museum is located here. It documents the settlement history of southern Transylvania from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages.

A very beautiful old church fortress. It is estimated that it was built around 1400. You can visit it, but when I was there it was locked with a padlock.

The bastion to the west of the inner ring of walls, the Town Hall Tower, takes its name from the town hall, which was formerly located here. Its tower is located close to the church. Its upper floor is accessible through a small door at ground level from the inner ring of walls. This is where the elaborately decorated council chamber is located. The foundations of the three-story gate tower connect the middle and inner ring walls. Together with the gate tower to the south, the Town Hall Tower formerly formed the entrance to the middle castle courtyard. The sliding stones for the portcullis can still be seen on the south side. Source: Wikipedia

The Michael Church was built shortly after 1200 and is therefore the oldest Romanesque church in Transylvania. In the period from 1204 to 1233, the area around the Michelsberg with the associated church was handed over by the Probstei Hermannstadt (Sibiu) in exchange for the area of Probstdorf (Stejeris) to King Andreas II. He gave the newly acquired land including the church to the Walloon clergyman Magister Gocelinus. This in turn left the area in 1223 to the Abbey of Kerz (Carta). The place Michelsberg was first mentioned in 1322, the church in 1223. The construction of the castle began around 1200 and ended in 1280. A square residential tower stood free in the east, the foundations of which were uncovered in 1964 and 1966. Around 1450 the castle was strengthened and a new gate tower was built. In 1850 there were still large, round stones on the ring wall, which used to be rolled down on attackers.

Admission costs a bit, but it's definitely worth it. As already described, you have a great view of Michelsberg and Heltau. In addition, there are now "hearing boards" where you can listen to/read information about the church and the surrounding area.