In the 12th century the king

Gesa II called Luxembourg

settlers (latin:Saxones,

germ. Sachsen) to populate the

East part of this kingdom,

Transylvania. Why?

And which reasons pushed this

people to quit their land to

come in the far, wild, wooden

counties of Transylvania?

Later, more than 200 churches

of the villages received

fortifications. Why, in a time

when the canon law does not

allow the fortification of

santuary only in exceptional

cases? Why so many efforts of

these communities?

Viscri is only one of the Saxon

villages of Transylvania. Of

course, is a special one, due to

his great fortified church which

is part of UNESCO World

Heritage.

Iulia Sofia Barleanu, MIEADR IMAPA, Group 8119

Lavinia Ioana Calota, MIEADR IMAPA, Group 8119

Diana Stefania Iordache, MIEADR IMAPA, Group 8119

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Coordinating teacher: Mihai Daniel Frumuselu REFERENCES:

http://www.viscri-info.ro/index.html

http://www.viscri125.ro/

Keywords: Transylvania, churches, saxon, village