Romania, Valea Viilor Fortified Church
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The Valea Viilor fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Valea Viilor (Wurmloch), Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary. Initially Roman Catholic, it became Lutheran following the Reformation. Together with the surrounding village, the church forms part of the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Biserica Fortificata din Valea Viilor (Wurmloch) ✔
➤Romănă
Biserica fortificata din Valea Viilor este o biserica fortificata luterana aflata in judetul Sibiu, Transilvania, Romania. A fost ridicata de comunitatea saseasca din Transilvania, pe vremea cand regiunea apartinea Regatului Ungar. Initial romano catolica, devine luterana in urma Reformei.
Există dovezi care sugereaza că în sat a existat o biserică romanică anterioară ca și faptul ca în trecut, sub podeaua sacristiei, au potut fi văzute resturi ale acesteia .
In anul 1999 Valea Viilor, împreună cu alte cinci locuri, a fost adăugat la satele cu biserici fortificate din Transilvania din patrimoniul mondial UNESCO.
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➤English
The Valea Viilor fortified church is a Lutheran fortified church in Valea Viilor (Wurmloch), Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary. Initially Roman Catholic, it became Lutheran following the Reformation.
There is evidence to suggest that an earlier Romanesque church existed in the village, as remnants could formerly be seen beneath the floor of the sacristy.
In 1999, Valea Viilor, together with five other places, was added to the already-listed Biertan to form the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Valea Viilor - The fortified church, Sibiu, Romania
Valea Viilor is first mentioned in 1305 when its owner, Count Apafi, passed away. However, by 1359 the land was being mentioned as a free commune. Surprisingly, the villagers of Valea Viilor excelled at making wine, giving rise to the Romanian name meaning Vineyard Valley. The whole area has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999.
The fortified church is situated in the center of the village. The first church was most likely a Gothic basilica erected in the early 14th century. Archeological excavations have revealed the existence of another building before the present church. Observable ruins in the floor of the vestry indicate that once was a Romanesque church at Valea Viilor. It is speculated that the original church was approximately 10 meters long, less than half the length of the present church. The present-day Gothic church, built in the 14th century, is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The church is characterized by Late-Gothic elements from around 1500. The church hall has a tunnel vault with a Late-Gothic ribbed net. The small nave has a vault supported by seven pairs of pillars that are attached to the side walls. Both the nave and the choir have a complex network of ribs on their vaults. In the construction phase, more levels were added above the choir with arches between the tall buttresses and a fortified level with a hoarding. The Baroque altar from 1779 has two tiers, columns, small columns, saint's statues, and painted panels. A Eucharist shrine and stall work from the beginning of the 16th century have survived. The existing organ is from 1808. The church had undergone several periods of construction in the beginning of the 19th century. The church is surrounded by an oval precinct with 7-8 meter high mantle walls. Towers were placed in the east, west, north, and south with the western one being a gate tower. The church and precinct are accessed via a vaulted gangway with portcullis on the western side. On the sides there are four bastions oriented north, south, east, and west. The walls are equipped with battlements and machicolations that are supported by brackets on the outside. There is another hoarding above the hall, with loopholes and arches for machicolations. The west tower, which is also a bell tower, has buttresses at 45 degrees, arches between the buttresses, and a hoarding on wooden cantilevers. The fortress of Valea Viilor is impressive because of the sculptural character of the fortified aspects.
Kultur.Sibiu: Biserica fortificata din Valea Viilor
Kultur.Sibiu - proiect editorial HotNews.ro - Deutsche Welle. Cele mai frumoase biserici fortificate din Transilvania.
Cu sprijinul Selgros, Therme, Amabasada Romaniei la Berlin.
Biserica fortificata Valea Viilor - 2017 Aerial
Localitatea Valea Viilor se mândrește cu una dintre cele mai frumoase biserici săsești din Transilvania. Ea a fost ridicată în secolele XV-XVI, în stil gotic, pe locul unei biserici mai mici. Nava are un plafon boltit cu o rețea complicată de nervuri, care se sprijină pe 7 perechi de stâlpi.
În interior se poate admira altarul realizat de Johann Folbarth din Sighișoara (1779), o vechea cristelniță, coroana amvonului, din anul 1746, chiar și strana preotului din 1526. Lucrările de fortificare ale bisericii au fost începute încă din secolul XV, și au fost terminate în anul 1520.
Biserica are, două intrări una în partea de sud, cealaltă în nord, înzestrate cu grătar de apărare. Zidul ce o înconjoară are o înălțime de 6-7 m, are metereze, guri de aruncare, contraforturi și mai multe turnuri, din care s-au mai păstrat doar 4.
Această biserică în 1999 a fost trecută pe lista monumentelor protejate de UNESCO.
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Valea Viilor
Povesteste la inceput doamna bibliotecara, apoi dna Johanna Schneider. Doamna Schneider are cheile bisericii fortificate, este ghidul acesteia și una dintre cei 6 sași care au mai rămas în Valea Viilor/Wurmloch.
Cetatea Valea Viilor - UNESCO
Fragment din emisiunea Discover Romania, redactor Cecilia Melinescu.
nectarul de la Valea Viilor 30 07 2018
Biserica fortificata - Valea Viilor
Biserica fortificata din sec. XVI, din localitatea Valea Viilor (Sibiu).
16th century fortified church, Valea Viilor/Wormloch (Sibiu).
Transylvania - Saxon fortified churches (2012)
Cycling holiday visiting Viscri (min 0:14), Valea Viilor ( 2:25), Biertan (3:58), Rasnov (5:23), Prejmer (6:33), Homorod (8:18) among others (8:48)
These Transylvanian villages with their fortified churches provide a vivid picture of the cultural landscape of southern Transylvania. Seven villages are inscribed by UNESCO as world heritage sites. They illustrate building styles and settlement pattern from the 13th to the 16th century.
In the 13th century the kings of Hungary encouraged the colonization of the sub-Carpathian region of Transylvania by a German-speaking population of artisans, farmers and merchants, mainly from the Rhineland. Known as the Transylvanian Saxons, they enjoyed special privileges granted by the Hungarian Crown. TheTransylvanian Saxons were able to preserve their language and customs intact throughout the centuries.
Exposed to danger from the Ottoman Empire, Saxons built defensive works in order to shelter from invaders. Lacking the resources of the European nobility and rich merchants, who were able to fortify entire towns, the Transylvanian Saxons chose to create fortresses round their churches, enclosing storehouses to enable them to withstand long sieges. The seven UNESCO churches are:
BIERTAN: Late Gothic hall-type building, completed around 1522-1523, with two (later three) lines of walls, at the foot of the hill, built at the same time as the church.
CALNIC: Based on a mid-13th-century dwelling tower, a chapel and an oval enceinte; presented in 1430 to the village community, which raised the walls fitted with two towers and transformed the dwelling tower into one for defensive purposes.
PREJMER: Early Gothic Church of the Holy Cross, in the shape of a cross; walled in the 15th century.
VISCRI: Romanesque chapel enlarged in the early 16th century to form a single-nave church, with a fortified storey resting on semicircular arches supported by massive buttresses; walls strengthened in the 17th century.
DARJIU: Late Gothic church fortified towards 1520, decorated with murals going back to 1419; rectangular enceinte restructured in the 17th century.
SASCIZ: Romanesque church and its enceinte replaced by a late Gothic church (1493-1525); defensive storey gives the church the appearance of a high bastion.
VALEA VIILOR: Church transformed into late Gothic style and fortified in the early 16th century; defensive storeys built above the choir, nave and tower, communicating with each other; porches of the northern and southern entrances protected by small towers with portcullises.
Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC
Festivalul Martian Negrea editia 2015 la Valea Viilor | novatv.ro
Comuna Valea Viilor a găzduit sâmbătă şi duminică cea de-a douăsprezecea ediţie a Festivalului ,,Marţian Negrean’’. Manifestarea a fost una deosebită şi a cuprins o serie de evenimente culturale printre care s-au numărat expoziţii de pictură, grafică şi sculptură, recitaluri de pian dar şi un concert susţinut de Filarmonica de Stat din Sibiu.
Biserica fortificată - DÂRJIU - The Fortified Church (Transylvania, Romania)
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A székelyderzsi unitárius vártemplom
Dârjiu (în maghiară Székelyderzs) este un sat secuiesc situat în partea sud-estică a Transilvaniei, la circa 18 Km sud-vest de Odorheiu Secuiesc. Biserica unitariană de la Dârjiu este singura secuiască care face parte din grupul celor șapte biserici fortificate din Transilvania incluse în anul 1999 pe lista UNESCO a patrimoniului cultural mondial, celelalte șase biserici fiind săsești (în general evanghelice): Biertan, Prejmer, Viscri, Saschiz, Câlnic și Valea Viilor. Bisericuța catolică inițială, construită în 1270, va fi extinsă în secolele al XIV-lea și al XV-lea. Din 1419 datează pictura pictura interioară, renumită fiind fresca cu legenda Sfântului rege Ladislau. Atacurile asupra ei, dar și Reforma protestantă de la începutul secolului al XVI-lea, atrag modificări constructive importante, fortificarea (ziduri, bastioane, dar și biserica în sine), precum și trecerea la ritul reformat. În prezent, biserica are nu numai un rol religios activ, dar constituie și o componentă socială importantă și de tradiție în viața satului, în fostele fortificații fiind depozitate produse de carne afumată care se pun și se iau respectându-se vechi cutume. În ultimii ani, complexul a fost renovat și anumite spații au fost amenajate ca muzeu etnografic.
Dârjiu (Székelyderzs, in Hungarian) is a Szekler village located in the south-eastern part of Transylvania, about 18 km southwest of Odorheiu Secuiesc. The Unitarian Church in Dârjiu is the only Szekler church who is part of the group of seven fortified churches in Transylvania included in 1999 on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the other six churches being Saxon (generally evangelical): Biertan, Prejmer, Viscri, Saschiz, Câlnic and Valea Viilor. The original Catholic church, built in 1270, will be extended in the 14th and 15th centuries. The interior painting dates back to 1419, being renowned the fresco with the legend of Saint king Ladislau. The attacks on it, but also the Protestant Reformation at the beginning of the 16th century, bring important constructive changes, the fortification (walls, bastions, but also the church itself), as well as the transition to the reformed rite. At present, the church has not only an active religious role, but also an important social and traditional social component in the village's life, with the former fortifications storing smoked meat products that are placed and taked being respected old customs. In recent years, the complex has been renovated and some spaces have been set up as an ethnographic museum.
Tomas: full flight with the FT Explorer - January 2018 in Valea Viilor, Romania
Aircraft: FT Explorer
Plans:
Camera: RunCam HD
FPV Gear: 600 mW VTx, 600 TVL Camera and a DYI Cloverleaf Antenna
Music: Art of Silence - Dramatic / Cinematic [No copyright, Royalty free]
Valea Viilor un spatiu de arta rurala - 4.07.2018
Zi de sarbatoare pe Valea Viilor.flv
Compozitorul Martian Negrea a fost aniversat in Valea Viilor, comuna sa natala. Invitatii au asistat la spectacole folclorice.