Sighisoara is a city on the Tarnava Mare River in central Romania. It is located in the historic region of Transylvania and has a population of 23,927. It is a popular tourist destination for its ...

Founded by German craftsmen and merchants known as the Saxons of Transylvania, Sighisoara is a fine example of a small, fortified medieval town which played an important strategic and commercial role ...

Romania did not even exist as a nation ... Known as the “Pearl of Transylvania,” Sighisoara is the supreme example of a Saxon city. Founded as Schässburg toward the end of the 13th century ...

I travel on to Sighisoara ... I leave Bucharest for Romania’s rural attractions, making use of its very cheap but distinctly unhurried rail network. Transylvania, a forested region ringed ...