The medieval city of Sighișoara has secured 2 million euros funding from the European Union to repair its walls, a main feature of ones of Romania’s most popular tourist destinations and a UNESCO-protected site.
The money will come from the Recovery and Resilience Plan, the city hall said and once repaired, it will give visitors access to parts of the citadel that were previously closed off.
„Work is currently underway on these walls…. We will rebuild the walls from the foundation up, as they no longer exist due to sections that have collapsed in recent decades,” mayor Iulian Sarbu told Agerpres.
” We will proceed with the necessary repairs and reinforcement works where they are required, including pedestrian pathways… We want to open new pathways within the Citadel so that we can all stroll through the public areas, both residents of Sighișoara and tourists.”
Work is underway on the consolidation and restoration of the roof of the famous Clock Tower.”We.. replaced all the rotting beams that posed a real danger of the Clock Tower roof collapsing. No interventions had been made in this regard for over 130 years.”
„This is a promising project because… we’re talking about the symbol of the city, and last but not least, the safety of tourists, children, students, and everyone within the Citadel.”
Sighisoara has been a UNESCO Heritage site since 1999, and its historic center is one of a handful of inhabited medieval fortified cities in Europe.
It was settled by German craftsmen and merchants, who came from today’s Luxembourg, known as the Transylvanian Saxons in the 12th century, invited by the King of Hungary to defend the area and improve the economy.
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