Indeed it is a great initiative to preserve our medieval history, more and more teenagers become interested in medieval history and get together in association of preserving the local traditions. For three days Sighisoara goes back in time to celebrate its glorious past!

It's worth seeing it!

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Some participants of the festival.

I've found only this, but I'm sure Veronica has more and shel'll post them in the weekend!

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HERE ARE SOME PICTURES I'VE MADE LAST YEAR AT THE FESTIVAL!

ENJOY!

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IN DRACULA'S PLACE OF BIRTH!

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WELCOME SIGN FROM THE RESTAURANT

PLEASE...ENTER MY KINGDOM!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LOlK5by45s

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8HI_amy0yQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPcACSgQWbw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZEb3RBl14E

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sezPrwZSmcM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ur9NlMANwE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MynWomMVlf8

flag jaggels italians

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuS2l2hrkJM

dances

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE6Q21P7vuY

parade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuS2l2hrkJM

dance

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something to remember

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WHERE ARE YOU, MY FRIENDS??????????????>??

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IF YOU'D COME ONE DAY IN SIGHISOARA, YOU HAVE TO KNOW....Poze Sighisoara

Imaginea machetei ..

Un deal cu numeroa..

Usa de lemn din mu..

Flori pictate pe p..

Pictura florala di..

Obiecte din metal ..

Hotel Casa Wagner

Hotel Europa

Hotel Sighisoara

HOTEL BRADET

Hotel CASA MARIA

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In Sighisoara, Transylvania stands a three-story building with the distinction of being Dracula's birthplace. Born in 1431 to a Transylvanian father and a Moldavian mother of royal descent, Vlad Dracula spent his early years in a decidedly unusual state of Germanic, Moldavian, and Transylvanian influences. He was educated by his mother and her ladies-in-waiting. His military edcuation was provided by his father and an old boyar who had trained with the Turks.
At the time of Dracula's birth, Transylvania was ruled by Hungary. Dracula was later to use his knowledge of Hungary to marry a member of the royal family.
In 1444 when Vlad was 13, he and his brother Radu were taken hostage by the Turks. They spent the next four years in Turkey, where Vlad received his political and military training. In 1448 when he was 17, Vlad was freed by the Turks and given his own army. He ruled Wallachia for 2 months before fleeing to Moldavia. His father and older brother Mircea had been assassinated in 1447 by the family's enemies, the Hunyadi family. Dracula had received word that Hunyadi assassins had entered Wallachia.
In 1456, following the death of Dracula's mortal enemy, John Hunyadi, Vlad regained the Wallachian throne. He set up his capital in the city of Tirgoviste, which can still be seen today. Tirgoviste became the center of political power, as well as the home of the Orthodox Church.

Vlad Dracula was deposed in 1462 by the Turks.
For the next twelve years, from 1462-1474, Dracula remained a prisoner of King Matthius in Hungary. It was during this time Vlad married a member of the royal family. He also became a Catholic.
Briefly in 1476, Vlad regained his Wallachian throne. He was only able to retain it for two months, as he was killed fighting the Turks near Bucharest.
Vlad Dracula is known today as a hero of Romania. He is respected for fighting the Turks. He unified Wallachia and created a strong sense of pride in its native people. He felt strongly that Wallachians deserved all the rights previously given to foreigners in his land. He was the last Wallachian prince to remain independent of the Ottoman Empire.
The legend of Dracula has outlived the man himself. Among his many detractors were the Turks, the German Saxons living in Tirgoviste, the Orthodox Church, and the Catholic Church. The folklore of Romania is full of stories about his horrific treatment of his enemies.
The author Bram Stoker read travel guides and histories of Romania during his research for the novel "Dracula". The folklore of Romania is full of the legends of Dracula the Impaler, as Vlad was known. Three stories remain strong in establishing Vlad as a bloodsucking, cruel tyrant.
Vlad was strolling the streets of a Wallachian city one day when he became aware of the vast number of beggars milling about. He had no quarrel with the poor of his princedom who tried to earn a living by working. His quarrel was with the families of beggars who never attempted to earn an honest day's living. Stories say he invited the beggars and their families to his castle. There he fed them one of the fanciest meals they had ever seen. Near the end of the dinner, at a signal from Vlad, the servers existed the building. Soldiers boarded up the exits and Vlad ordered them to set fire to the castle. No one escaped.
Another story concerns Vlad and his alleged mistress. The woman was afraid she was losing Vlad's affections. She told him she was carrying his child. Vlad became suspicious and asked her to tell him the truth. She insisted she was pregnant. Vlad had her cut open to see if she was truthful. She was not.
The strongest case for Vlad's cruelty occurred during an invasion of Wallachia by the Turkish army. The Turks had decided to enter Wallachia from the Danube in a surprise attack. The Wallachian army was outnumbered 10 to 1. Seeing a possible defeat on his hands, Vlad led his army back to the capitol at Tirgoviste. Along the way, he burned down entire villages, sending residents into the mountains for safekeeping. He slaughtered the animals and burned the fields. He also poisoned the water. When the Turks came through, they would find no food and no shelter. (One surviving legend is that Vlad drank the blood of slaughtered animals to stay alive. This has never been proven.) As they entered the boundaries of the capitol, they were met with a horrific site. The road to Tirgoviste was strewn on either side with the bodies of 20,000 Turkish captives. Every one had been impaled. The Turks were so sickened by this site and the fear that worse punishment was in store for them, they fled Wallachia.
There are many other stories describing Dracula's cruelty to his enemies. These were exaggerated by his detractors to the point Vlad Dracula's heinous actions outlived his politcal genius.

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Sighişoara

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Location of SighişoaraCoordinates: 46°13′1″N 24°47′28″E / 46.21694°N 24.79111°E / 46.21694; 24.79111Country RomaniaCountyMureş CountyStatusMunicipalityGovernment - MayorIoan Dorin Dăneşan (Social Democratic Party)Population (2002) - Total32,287Time zoneEET (UTC+2) - Summer (DST)EEST (UTC+3)Websitehttp://www.sighisoara.org.ro/

Sighişoara (Romanian pronunciation: [siɡiˈʃo̯ara]; German: Schäßburg; Hungarian: Segesvár; Latin: Castrum Sex) is a city and municipality on the Târnava Mare River in Mureş County, Romania. Located in the historic region Transylvania, Sighişoara has a population of 32,287 (2002).

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A street in Sighişoara

During the 12th century, German craftsmen and merchants known as the Transylvanian Saxons were invited to Transylvania by the King of Hungary to settle and defend the frontier of his realm. The chronicler Krauss lists a Saxon settlement in the actual Sighiṣoara by 1191. By 1280 it was known by the Latin name of Castrum Sex, and by 1298 by the Saxon name of Schespurch resp. Schaesbrich. By 1337 Sighişoara had become a royal center for the kings, who awarded the settlement urban status in 1367 as the Civitas de Segusvar.

The city played an important strategic and commercial role at the edges of Central Europe for several centuries. Sighişoara became one of the most important cities of Transylvania, with artisans from throughout the Holy Roman Empire visiting the settlement. The German artisans and craftsmen dominated the urban economy, as well as building the fortifications protecting it. It is estimated that during the 16th and the 17th centuries Sighişoara had as many as 15 guilds and 20 handicraft branches. The Baroque sculptor Elias Nicolai lived in the city. The Wallachian prince Vlad Dracul (father of Vlad the Impaler (Dracula), who lived in exile in the town, let minted coins in the city (otherwise coinage was the monopoly of the Hungarian kings in the Kingdom of Hungary) and issued the first document listing the city's Romanian name, Sighişoara.

The city was the setting for George I Rákóczi's election as Prince of Transylvania and King of Hungary in 1631. Sighişoara suffered military occupation, fires, and plagues during the 17th and 18th centuries.

The nearby plain of Albeşti was the site of the Battle of Segesvár, where the revolutionary Hungarian army led by Józef Bem was defeated by the Russian army led by Luders on 31 July 1849. A monument was constructed in 1852 to the Russian general Skariatin, who died in the battle. The Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi is generally believed to have been killed in the battle, and a monument was constructed in his honor at Albeşti in 1897. After World War I Sighişoara passed with Transylvania from Austria-Hungary to the Kingdom of Romania.

Central Sighişoara has preserved in an exemplary way the features of a small medieval fortified city, it has been listed by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Each year, a Medieval Festival takes place in the old citadel in July.

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Central Sighişoara has preserved in an exemplary way the features of a small medieval fortified city, it has been listed by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Each year, a Medieval Festival takes place in the old citadel in July.

View from Villa Franka

Sighişoara is considered to be the most beautiful and well preserved inhabited citadel in Europe,^{[citation needed]} with an authentic medieval architecture. In Eastern Europe, Sighişoara is one of the few fortified towns which are still inhabited. The town is made up of two parts. The medieval stronghold was built on top of a hill and is known as the "Citadel" (Cetate).The lower town lies in the valley of Târnava Mare river.

The houses inside Sighişoara Citadel show the main features of a craftsmen's town. However, there are some houses which belonged to the former patriciate, like the Venetian House and the House with Antlers.

"The House with Antlers" has been brought into the possession of the Messerschmitt Foundation with the help of the Romanian Government and the town council of Sighisoara in April 2000, defrauding the legitimate heirs, the descendents Leicht-Bacon (with English roots), who are mentioned in the cadaster of Sighisoara as owners before the communist dispossession of 1950.

In 2001-2003 the construction of a Dracula theme park in the 'Breite' nature preserve near Sighişoara was considered but ultimately rejected, due to the strong opposition of local civil society groups and national and international media as well as politically influential persons, as the theme park would have detracted from the medieval style of the city and would have destroyed the nature preserve.

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  -for those who left their lives in the first war

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Yes,it was a lot of fun,it"s true,but also history,culture,there were nice concerts with medieval instruments,medieval dances,old traditions,a bit of all Maybeone day you come and visit our fascinating part of worldHugs

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Yes,it was a lot of fun,it"s true,but also history,culture,there were nice concerts with medieval instruments,medieval dances,old traditions,a bit of all Maybeone day you come and visit our fascinating part of worldHugs

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