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Pastel citadel of Transylvania

Sighișoara

A small walled hill town of cobbled lanes and houses in ochre, green, pink and blue.

Ansamblu fortificații: intrarea fortificată, Turnul cu Ceas , Turnul Tăbăcarilor, Turnul Cositorarilor, Turnul Frânghierilor, Turnul Măcelarilor și Bastionul Castaldo, Turnul Cojocarilor, Turnul Croitorilor, Turnul Cizma
Photo: Bogdan Muraru, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Sighișoara is citadel ochre

Sighișoara is a fortified town in Transylvania, in central Romania. It was founded in the 12th and 13th centuries by German craftsmen and merchants, known as Transylvanian Saxons, and its hilltop citadel is still lived in. The lanes are cobbled and the houses low, with steep roofs of dark red tile. Their fronts are plastered and painted in strong pastels: ochre yellow, green, pink, orange and blue. Towers once kept by the craft guilds stand along the wall. The tallest, the Clock Tower, has a roof of glazed tiles in several colours. An ochre house on the main square is said to be the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler. The centre has been a World Heritage Site since 1999.

Citadel ochre#E0A84AHouse green#8FB58AHouse rose#D98C8CHouse blue#7FA8D1Roof tile red-brown#8A4A32

Values are fair approximations of what the eye sees there, not measurements.

Colours tied to Sighișoara

OchreA natural earth pigment ranging from yellow to deep orange or brown
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Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "Sighișoara" on Wikipedia. If you know Sighișoara and we have it wrong, tell us.

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