Churches and belfries
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The fortress church of Illyefalva was considered to be one of those fortresses that formed a defensive line along the southern border of Transylvania in the middle Ages. At the beginning of the 14th century the village used to be one of...
The name of the settlement, Valea Crişului/Sepsikőröspatak was already mentioned in the papal tithing register in 1332. Built on the hill located in the northern area of the village, the church was given its present shape between...
Lisznyó lies east of Uzon, in the southern foothills of the Várhegy. In the centre of the settlement, in the place of the Protestant church, there was a medieval church, but it was rebuilt in the 1500s. It was later...
Armenians were living in Gheorgheni at the beginning of the 17th century and they immigrated in larger numbers in the second half of the 17th century. At the beginning they practiced their religion in the wooden...
There is little information on this church in literature. Most recently, historian Mihály János was concerned with the history of the church and the village in his travel piece in which he depicts the valleys of the two...
The ancient monument church which can be found in the parish’s center, on Church Street, was founded in the end of the 19th century, onto its Gothic predecessors place.
The church was surrounded by a fortified...
The fortified Unitarian church in Aita Mare/Nagyajta is regarded as a most valuable monument. A bell-tower was attached to the western frontispiece of the east-west oriented medieval church located on the southern edge of the...
The settlement – located at the encounter of the Bodzai Mountains and the Treiscaune/Háromszéki basin, in the Saciova/Szacsva valley – is administratively affiliated to Reci/Réty. At a first glance,...
In the north-eastern corner of the Upper-Treiscaune/Háromszék region, at the foot of the rocky Perkő Mountain, on the top of a slightly prominent hill, enclosed by a multi-angular tower-wall, there is a gothic aisle less...
It is assumed that the first mention of the village of Cârţa and its church is to be found in the papal records from 1332 to 1337, but not under this name, but under that of Tarcău. This hypothesis is supported by the order of...
Between Bodok and Gidófalva, the valley of the capricious Olt river hides two small villages. Most 20th century maps only indicate one settlement in this place. This is because Sepsizoltan and Étfalva were...
Háromszék has two settlements called Doboly. Aldoboly and Feldoboly are not two neighbouring villages, the former lying on the south-western edge of Sepsiszék in the Olt valley, the latter is right of the road...
In Erdővidék, laying under Várbükk the Protestant church of the village, known for its mineral springs, is a valuable monument. The church obtained its present for after multiple extensions in 1897. The bell...
Nyárádszentlászló/Sânvăsii, adiminstratively belonging to Nyárádgálfalva/Galeşti, is a value preserving settlement of the Közép-Nyárád region. Its name...
The church is located in the north-east part of the village. The village also received its name after the church, dedicated to The Holy Spirit, probably in the beginning of the 16th century. The church was built in Gothic...
Szentábrahám is located at 6 km north from Cristuru-Secuiesc (Székelykeresztúr) laying in the widening valley basin of Gagy.
In the year of 1334 is mentioned by the first time in the writings as...
It is one of the most valuable religious monuments in Kovászna County that dates back to the 13th century. The Szent Imre church preserves Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance stylistic devices that date back to the 13th...
The settlement lying to the south of Târgu Secuiesc, on the right bank of the Râul Negru, administratively belongs to Catalina. The determining Roman Catholic community sustains a church originating from the 15th...
Zăbala is a settlement with long history and belongs to the Orbai Chair. The Reformed Church lies along the main road and it has got east western orientation. The church is a characteristic relic of the 15th century...
The settlement that is administratively affiliated to Valea Crişului/Sepsikőröspatak is well-known for its large variety of fruit and also for its plum pálinka. The five-hundred-year-old oak tree in the Unitarian cemetery...
The Orthodox population in Chichiş/Kökös has two churches. The oldest one bears the features of the 17th century wooden architecture. Built of pine back in 1740 and protected by St. Peter and St. Paul, the church was brought...
In the northeastern part of Felső Háromszék, on the top of Saint Michael hill stretching onto the plateau located between Lemhény and Kézdialmás, there is a fortress church surrounded by high walls. It...
The present parish church in Sântimbru was built in 1777, when Ogival elements of an older Gothic church were integrated in the new building. This typically Baroque church preserves elements of the old church, in certain details,...
The name of the village was first recorded as S. Symone in 1332 in the Papal Register. In 1567 –Zen Symon- was recorded having 8 gates. Sânsimion is located on the solitary valley of Târnava Mică, on the road connecting Neaua to...
The medieval Reformed fortified church standing on the west edge of the settlement lying north of Sfântu Gheorghe, on the right bank of the Olt river, is one of the most precious monuments of the region. The first church of the...
Görgénynádas/Nadăşa, famous for its highly valuable monument church, is situated southeast from Szászrégen/Reghin, 12 km from the town, along the 153 county road, 400 m above sea level. In the course of...
The Reformed Church of Mugeni is probably the most important medieval church of Udvarhelyszék (administrative unit in the Székely Land). It is assumed that the church was built in the 13 - 14th centuries. During...
Mărtineni/Kézdimartonfalva is located on the right bank of the river Feketeügy (rom. Râul Negru), between Hătuica/Hatolyka and Mărcuşa/Kézdimárkosfalva. As St. Martin was the patron saint of the old...
Misentea is located 9 kilometres away from Miercurea-Ciuc. The village and the church are first mentioned in the papal list of taxes for the years 1333-1334. The older age of the church is indicated by two dates inscribed in stone: the...
Sândominic is the most northern village in the Ciuc river basin. The religious community settled here is first mentioned in historical documents in 1567, under the name Zent Domokos.
The church probably bears hidden...
The early Árpád-time church was re-built in gothic style in the early 16th century. The allegedly prolonged works were concluded in 1526. Part of a fresco, which has been preserved and identified as coming from the 14th...
There might have been a dense oak forest in Kálnok’s place. This can be deduced from the five hundred-year-old oak trees remaining in the Unitarian cemetery as silent witnesses, as well as from the names of Csere-forest and...
The church was built in the centre of the village, on a hillside. The building we can see nowadays, dating from the middle Ages, was rehabilitated several times. The niche where the door frame of the sacristy could have been placed,...
The settlement, which belongs to Sepsiszentgyörgy from administrative point of view, was mentioned as Kylien in the papal register in 1332. Its name supposedly comes from that of Saint Kilian. The first church of the settlement was...
Eremieni lies in the valley of the confluence of the brook Baraolt and Amé, located at 2,5km distance from the county road 135. The name of the village was first recorded in 1332 as S. Emericus in the Papal Registers. In...
There is contradictory information, in the literature available on the subject, regarding the history of the building. The Roman Catholic Church in Racu is at the end of the village of Gârciu. Building the church at the border of...
The wooden belfry with exceptional beauty, of the Reformed Church from Siklód, registered as a monument, was built in 1784 by Csíkfalvi Csók János. The circumferential inscription from the main parapet under...
Sâncraiu lies about 4 km from the county town, to the right of the highroad leading to Ilieni, in one valley of the eastern foothills of the Baraolt Mountains.
The settlement received its name from its church built...
The settlement lying in the valley located northeast off Bodzaforduló used to belong to Zágon until 1920. Today it is a community center to which the neighboring Ladóc and Salamás also belong. The first...
Chichiş/Kökös is situated on the south-western edge of Sepsi region, 13 km from the municipality, at the mouth of the rivers Olt and Râul Negru/Feketeügy. This settlement is regarded to be the southern gate of...
The monument ensemble outside Odorheiu Secuiesc is part of the UNESCO World Heritage. It was built in the 15th century, while the fortress walls date back to the 17th century. The most valuable parts of the...
The official register of ancient monuments of Harghita County keeps a record of the belfry as an ancient monument, but we do not have an accurate data.
The carved gate supplied with the year 1799 may show when the belfry and...
Located only three kilometers north-east from Sepsiszentgyörgy/Sfântu Gheorghe, Arcuş/Árkos was set up within the area straddled by the valleys of the two streams, the Geje and the Falu – both of the springing...
To the north of the town's Old Market - today's Calvin Square - on the edge of a salient terrace, stands the city's only remaining medieval monuments, the fortified church. The former followers of the Catholic Church converted into the...
The Orthodox wooden church was built in 1795-97, in honor of St. Nicholas. It’s located on the eastern side of the town. The construction was built by masters from Bucovina. The historic building has high roof structure and...
Belin is situated in the forefront of the Baraolt Mountains, in the valleys of Belin Mic and Belin Mare Creeks, along the national road connecting Baraolt and Sfântu Gheorghe, and this settlement is a commune because Belin-Vale...
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