Marienturm (Mary's Tower)
Turnul Mariei
Marienturm (Mary's Tower)
Turnul Mariei
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Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
town fortification
chapel
chapel
Current function:
town fortification
Settlement:
Address:
Piaţa Castelului
Historical Hungarian county:
Nagy-Küküllő
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.1650464262, 24.3517876129
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History
The tower was built over a cellar, so there are stairs leading to the entrance. It was used as a chapel during the leprosy epidemic and has frescoes inside. It is said to have been used as a torture chamber during the Reformation.
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