INSIDE THE FORTIFIED CHURCHES OF TRANSYLVANIA
When we think of Transylvania, we usually think of the dark forests, the looming mountains and, perhaps inevitably, Count Dracula. For any visitor planning to pack their stakes and garlic to visit the ancestral home of Bram Stoker’s creation, however, they should prioritise finding room for walking shoes and a camera, and that the very first item on their agenda should be the stunning fortified churches. However, these defensive bulwarks were in fact not designed to hold back the children of the night. “There’s no place for vampires in Transylvania,” affirms Uncover Romania’s Diana Condrea.
What there is a place for is the highest concentration of fortified churches anywhere in the
