Romania · 13th century
The fortified Evangelical church in Movile, Sibiu County, was built in the 13th century as a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Michael. It figures on the 2010 list of historic monuments, LMI code SB-II-a-B-12474, with the following objectives:
LMI code SB-II-a-A-12474.01 - Fortified Evangelical church, 13th–15th century; LMI code SB-II-a-A-12474.02 - Inner fortified enclosure, with towers and gate tower, 15th century; LMI code SB-II-a-A-12474.03 - Outer fortified enclosure, 16th century.
Machine-translated from “Biserica fortificată din Movile” on the Romanian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lutheran church in Movile, Sibiu ranks #8,240 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #90 of the 125 mapped in Romania. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1090 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Sibiu, 55 km away. It is one of the 78 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Transylvania. It is stop 11 of 26 on the Transylvania castle route, Bran to Cluj-Napoca. See how Romania compares in the castle statistics.
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