massive stone towers with battlements and sentry walkways surrounded by walls with reinforced gates and defensive trenches. Some 150 of these mighty fortress churches remain in Transylvania today ...

Come summertime, they often search out church towers, spending the daylight hours gathered in tight bundles for companionship. But as dusk falls across Transylvania, the bats start to come alive.

In the Lafourche Parish community of Valentine, the water tower features a heart. Rayne, known for its annual frog festival, has a city logo with a frog on its water tank. Transylvania in East ...

Exploring Transylvania comes with promises of medieval ... panoramic views of Copsa Mare should consider visiting the bell tower at the Biserica Evanghelica Fortificata. The 184-foot bell tower ...