September 2013 - Cisnădie and Cisnădioara, Romania

Cisnădie and it's little sister Cisnădioara both have fortified churches. We discovered at the fortified church in Cisnădie a one room museum about communism in Romania. It was... quite something. And the fortified church at Cisnădioara is beautiful.

Centru and the fortified church (and some construction)	The church bell tower	Inside the church
Centru and the fortified church (and some construction)	The church bell tower	Inside the church
Beautifully painted chests		All of these fortified churches have beautiful altarpieces
Beautifully painted chests		All of these fortified churches have beautiful altarpieces
The outer wall	The museum of Romanian communism - baffling and fascinating at the same time
The outer wall	The museum of Romanian communism - baffling and fascinating at the same time
The nearby fortified church at Cisnadioara	Entering Cisnadioara
The nearby fortified church at Cisnadioara	Entering Cisnadioara
Awesome church entrance		The church is essentially a memorial to German (well, Transylvanian Saxons) soldiers who died in the first world war.
Awesome church entrance		The church is essentially a memorial to German (well, Transylvanian Saxons) soldiers who died in the first world war.
Almost all of the soldiers here died in the same week of September 1916		The back of the church
Almost all of the soldiers here died in the same week of September 1916		The back of the church
The door through the outer wall
The door through the outer wall
	Overlooking the town
	Overlooking the town