Monumente Medievale de pe Valea Târnavelor

Bucharest : Editura ACS, 2018.

Năstăsoiu D., Mihály F., Kiss L.

Discover Târnave Valley and its medieval monuments with a guide-book which will lead your steps, eyes, and thoughts towards ensembles and details! Gather in your soul the beuty of some monuments which make Romania and Transylvania famous!
"Monumente Medievale de pe Valea Târnavelor" [Medieval Monuments on Târnave Valley] – we continue the trip started with Bucovina and Oltenia!
- a well-documented text by authors who are specialists in the history of medieval art and restoration;
- over 700 unpublished images – aerial, interior and exterior ensembles, details of mural painting made at the scaffolding level, during restoration;
- map of monuments and routes proposals;
- ground plans of monuments and ensembles.
15 of the most representative medieval and cultural landmarks of the area are presented: reformed (Calvinist) church in the village of Alma, evangelical (Lutheran) churches in the villages of Aţel, Băgaciu, Biertan, Brateiu, Curciu, Dârlos, Ighişu Nou, Mălâncrav, Moşna, Nemşa, Richiş, and Şmig, as well as the main examples of religious and secular architecture in the towns of Mediaş and Sighişoara.
Together with architecture and sculpture, there are presented also the mural paintings which – most often than not – embellish these buildings, as well as the objecst with artistic and historical value (winged altarpieces, furniture, liturgical inventory, etc.) housed inside.

Keywords: cultural heritage, restoration of cultural heritage, architecture, history of medieval art