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Gate with archways at the Saxon UNESCO World Heritage Site of Biertan Fortified Church. Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania #152922231
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The Biertan fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Biertan, Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary. Briefly Roman Catholic, it became Lutheran following the Reformation. The arched cobblestone path to the gate is one of many exquisite features.