Kategorie

Cultural

Land

Romania

Einschreibungsjahr

1999

Kriterien

(iii)(v)

UNESCO-ID

902

Beschreibung

Founded by German craftsmen and merchants known as the Saxons of Transylvania, Sighişoara is a fine example of a small, fortified medieval town which played an important strategic and commercial role on the fringes of central Europe for several centuries.