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Biertan Fortified Church
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Biertan Fortified Church

The most photographed Saxon church — three rings of walls, a famous lock with thirteen tumblers.

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Biertan was the seat of the Saxon Lutheran bishop for almost three hundred years. The church sits on a hilltop above the village, surrounded by three concentric defensive walls. The sacristy door has a 13-tumbler lock that was displayed at the 1900 Paris World Exhibition. Inside, the carved altar from 1483 is one of the largest in Transylvania.

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