Sighișoara

Sighișoara is a city of about 33 thousand residents¹ located along the left bank of the Greater (Mare) Târnava River² in central România. Its historic center is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Of note are the walled citidel; traditional houses with barrel-vaulted basements and ground floor workshops; the Clock Tower; the Gothic Church of St. Nicholas and long staircases connecting parts of the city.

External references

rooftops of Sighișoara

Footnotes

1. 2012 calculation, world-gazetteer.com, accessed 1/21/2013.
2. The Greater Târnava flows into the Târnava, which flows into the Mureș, which is a left bank tributary of the Tisa (Tisza), which is a left bank tributary of the Dunav (Dunarêa, Danube) River.
3. The information about the historic center comes from UNESCO, World Heritage Sites (Firefly Books, 2010).