One of the most popular destinations in the heart of Romania, Biertan is a superb village.

dan321 (49)in #travel • 6 years ago

Coming from Australia or America, visitors say they found out about these gorgeous places in movies or flyers.

Centuries ago, the paved streets of Biertan, with medieval arches and the scent of those times, wore thousands of tourists to the heart of the town.

Behind the fortifications is the five hundred-year-old church built by craftsmen from Nuremberg and Vienna. Among the visitors delighted by the story of the area is Adam. In Australia, he speaks Romanian with impressive accuracy. He taught the language from his grandparents who left the country in the 1960s.
-"I'm so glad here, I feel like home and it's natural to be here, so I feel good. I've been everywhere, but in Romania I do not know why I have not come, I have seen it as a very, very country beautiful and I can not wait to return, "says Adam.

From films and leaflets, Transylvania is famous. The Delprato husband came from Italy to see if the stories about Dracula are true.

Not by chance the fortified fortress in Biertan is one of the most famous in Transylvania. The settlement was among the first German settlements in Transylvania. Besides the impressive altar and imposing organ, the fortress is also connected with a legend.

"Husbands scolded before divorce were locked here for two weeks, they had to endure,with a single spoon, a fork, a table, a bed, a chair, they did not have a knife, and in 300 years I had a single divorce in Biertan, so the efficient method. It should be applied today. Should, "says a guide.

The locality is located in Sibiu County, at the border with Mureş, between Mediaş and Sighişoara or, more precisely, in the perimeter that borders the center of Romania. In the three villages on a surface of 9,726 hectares - Biertan, Copşa Mare and Richiş - today there are 3,041 inhabitants: 1.863 Romanians, 875 Roma, 215 Hungarians and 88 Germans (out of 1,200 families with almost 4,000 Saxons a few hundreds of years).