• A fortified church is a church that is built to serve a defensive role in times of war. Such churches were specially designed to incorporate military...
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    The Biertan fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Biertan; German: Kirchenburg von Birthälm) is a Lutheran fortified church in Biertan (German:...
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    Viscri fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Viscri; German: Kirchenburg von Deutsch-Weisskirch) is a Lutheran fortified church in Viscri...
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    The Prejmer fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Prejmer; German: Kirchenburg von Tartlau) is a Lutheran fortified church in Prejmer (Tartlau)...
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    highest numbers of existing fortified churches from the 13th to 16th centuries. It has more than 150 well preserved fortified churches of a great variety of...
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    The Dârjiu fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Dârjiu; Hungarian: Székelyderzsi erődtemplom) is a Unitarian fortified church in Dârjiu...
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    to fortifying their towns over the passing of time, the Transylvanian Saxons also had to fortify their villages by building their fortified churches (the...
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    Motiș fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Motiș; German: Kirchenburg von Mortesdorf) is a historic Lutheran church in the village of...
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    village, the church forms part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site. Construction of a large fortified late Gothic...
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    list of fortified churches in Transylvania. Southeastern Transylvania in Romania has one of the highest numbers of still-existing fortified churches, which...
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    of Romania's UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as the Villages with fortified churches, the Historic Centre of Sighișoara, the Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie...
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    Lutheran fortified church of the local Transylvanian Saxon community in Cisnădie The inner courtyard of the medieval Evangelical Lutheran fortified church of...
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  • Christian denomination known to have emerged during that time was the Unitarian Church of Transylvania, founded by the Unitarian preacher and theologian Ferenc...
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    known for the highly fortified Viscri fortified church, originally built around 1100. It is part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania,...
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    Biertan (category Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania)
    Evangelical fortified church Indoor fortified enclosure with three towers, bastion and gate tower Biertan Donarium The Evangelical Lutheran medieval fortified church...
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    Valea Viilor fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Valea Viilor; German: Kirchenburg von Wurmloch) is a Lutheran fortified church in Valea...
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    The Roșia fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Roșia; German: Kirchenburg von Rothberg) is a Lutheran fortified church in Roșia (German:...
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    The Fortified Church of St. Arbogast (German: Wehrkirche St. Arbogast) in the municipality of Muttenz in the Swiss canton of Basel-Land is the only church...
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    thoroughly fortify their villages and towns. In bygone times, there used to be as many as 300 (or approximately 300) villages with fortified churches built...
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    The Church of the Saintes Maries de la Mer is a Romanesque fortified church built in the 9th century in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône...
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    Nationsuniversität), local architecture represented by the many villages with fortified churches (German: Kirchenburgen or Wehrkirchen), and heraldic (including their...
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    of Felsberg on 1 January 1974. In the 13th century, after 1273, a fortified church, with a square tower, was built on the remains of the old castle. The...
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    Taghmon Church (/ˈtækmən/) is a fortified church and National Monument in County Westmeath, Ireland. Taghmon Church is located 1.8 km (1.1 mi) east of...
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    Valère Basilica (category Fortified church buildings in Switzerland)
    Valère), also called Valère castle (French: Château de Valère), is a fortified church situated in Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is situated...
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    fortified churches. The church in Șura Mare is a three-apse basilica. It was built in the 13th century (the tower is from around 1300), and fortified...
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    Carcassonne Cathedral (category Fortified church buildings in France)
    century as a parish church, dedicated to Saint Michael. Following war damage in the fourteenth century it was rebuilt as a fortified church. In 1803 St. Michael's...
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    Fortification (redirect from Fortified)
    operating base Forward operating site Fortress church Fortified church Fortified house Grad, a Slavic wooden fortified settlement Gusuku, fortifications in the...
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    one of the first fortified churches in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania along with the Church of St. Michael in Synkavichy. The church in Muravanka arose...
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    local elections: The Transylvanian Saxon fortified church of Agnita The Transylvanian Saxon fortified church of Agnita Historical centre of Agnita Historical...
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    ConIFA competitions. Székely fortified churches – more than 20 Székely villages count fortified churches Baroque church at Șumuleu Ciuc (Csíksomlyó),...
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