Churchcastle in Stejărişu

The village, with its irregular network of alleys, is situated on a hill on which a three-nave Romanesque basilica with a west tower was built, dedicated to St. Martin in the 13th century. The entrance to the church hall is through a plain west portal with semicircular archivolt and round-arched piers. The nave is spanned by a cross-ribbed vault supported by transoms and pilasters. Around 1500, a sacristy was built to the south of the chancel. In the 18th century, the aisles were raised and the brick galleries were installed.  More information can be found on Agramonia. 

At the end of 14th century, the three-aisled Gothic basilica with west tower dedicated to Saint John was built on a hill in the centre of the village. The choir display chamfered and pear-shaped ribs that rest on engaged pillars with capitals. The sacrament alcove, keystones, a richly decorated sedile and traceried windows represent the valuable architectural sculpture. An oval enclosing wall surrounds the church. In the south stands a gate tower with portcullis grooves, next to it a chapel whose choir is placed before the curtain wall.  More information can be found on Agramonia. 

The church was originally built in gothic architecture, and later in the 16th century, fortified to fit the defensive requirements at the time. The outer wall was also constructed during fortification of the church. Although much of the altar inside was crafted 19th century and later build in, there is still some reminisce of this late gothic altar in the city parish church in Sibiu. The organ is dated to the year of 1800.  More information can be found on Agramonia. 

The church is situated in a side valley of the Hartibaci valley and has strong castle walls to all sides. The classical decorations inside are lavish and the tower stretches high. The monument dates to the 13th century and has been constantly enlarged. The fortified church in Dealul Frumos is one of the most conclusive examples of church-fortresses in southern Transylvania, owing to its position in the village and in the landscape and, above all, to the extent medieval structure and the harmonious relations established between the individual parts and the whole fortified church.  More information can be found on Agramonia. 

The history of the church, originally built in Romanesque style, goes back to the first half of the 13th century. Most fortified churches in Transylvania had their belltower or donjon added later, but the church in Movile had already a belltower before the fortification. Instead the donjon was built above the choir, something very uncommon here. Today the church and its ensemble are threatened by decay.  More information can be found on Agramonia. 

Biserica în sine a fost construită în secolul al XIV-lea, în stil gotic. A fost fortificată în anii 1500. Apoi a fost fortificată și mai mult cu un zid de apărare la mijlocul secolului al XVI-lea. Mijlocul și corul sunt amândouă mai mari decât în cele mai multe alte castele bisericești și este relativ bine întreținută. Donjonul său domină orizontul orașului Iacobeni. Mobilierul din biserică este în cea mai mare parte din secolele XVII și XVIII. Există, de asemenea, un epitaf deasupra amvonului care îl înfățișează probabil pe Michael Schullerus, care a murit în 1748. Amvonul a fost construit în secolul al XVI-lea.  Mai multe informații găsiți pe Agramonia. 

Originally, the village was a subservient community; however, in 1318 it already got the status of a free village on Crown Land. A three-aisled Gothic basilica with pillar arcades was built in the 14th century and dedicated to Saint Catherine. The buttress-supported choir has a 5/8 apse and a cross-ribbed vault. Both the chancel arch and the arches between the nave and the aisles have Gothic profiling. Today the nave and the aisles display a flat ceiling. The three-storey stone bell tower stands in the west wing of the church. Its basement storey forms a porch before the actual church hall. The west portal profiled jambs display a leaf-decorated capital frieze. The choir has five Gothic traceried windows and it was heightened during the early 16th century fortification work that the church was submitted to. It was strengthened by a defence storey standing on raised buttresses and was equipped with loopholes and corbelled brattices. The bell tower got an additional defence storey and a truss-frame-supported wall-walk. A second tower was built 11m before the west tower. In between, there is the fountain court surrounded by 14m-high walls. There is a wall-walk on raised brick arches along the inner side of the wall. In 1825, the outer tower got its present-day spire roof. The church was surrounded by a double enclosing wall, and strengthened by a semicircular tower in the north and by a tower with a single-pitched roof in the east.  More information can be found on Agramonia. 

The church itself was built in gothic architecture in the 14th century. Its tall choir, is one of the things that make it particular. It's almost as tall as the bell tower / donjon. In case of an attack or siege in the renaissance, the church could have been defended on every single front. It's known as one of the most characteristic churchcastles in the region.  More information can be found on Agramonia. 

The Romanesque basilica was built in the 13th century. Although most parts of the church were replaced over the centuries, there is still some reminiscence of this long for-gone time, like the western entrance, which is still in original shape. The bell tower was built alongside the church, but higher and improved to a donjon in the 1500s. Today, the massive bell tower / donjon looks a bit out of proportion compared to the church itself.  More information can be found on Agramonia.