The Bell Tower & the Golden Globe - Lo❤️e Romania!
Cisnadie is a small beautiful medieval town in Sibiu County, Transylvania, central part of Romania.
The fortified church of Cisnadie- originally a Roman Catholic church and now an Evangelical one- is a 13th-century historical and architectural monument, first documented in 1349. Between the 15th and 16th centuries, the church was remodeled in the Gothic style. Following repeated Ottoman attacks during that period, the church was fortified: the central tower was heightened and fitted with battlements, the portals were raised, and defensive bastions and rings of walls featuring defensive corridors were constructed.
In 1591, the bell tower was modified, taking its present form in 1751 and originally crowned with a gilded globe. A fascinating legend from the site's history centers on the bell tower and the first lightning rod installed there in 1795. Because the tower stood on high ground, it was frequently struck by lightning; the resulting repeated fires prompted the locals to seek an innovative - and, at the time, costly - solution (it is said that the copper lightning rod cost the equivalent of 100 oxen).
Cisnadie - Lo❤️e Romania!
@text & photo by Lucian P, 13.September.2026