Mihăileni () is a commune located in

Sibiu County Sibiu County () is a county () of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Its county seat () is the namesake town of Sibiu (). Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Szeben megye'', and in German as ''Kreis Hermannstadt''. Under the ...

Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It is composed of five villages: Metiș (''Mártonfalva''), Mihăileni, Moardăș (''Mardos''), Răvășel (''Rovás'') and Șalcău (''Salkó''). Metiș and Moardăș have

fortified church A fortified church is a church that is built to serve a defensive role in times of war. Such church (building), churches were specially designed to incorporate military features, such as thick walls, battlements, and embrasures. Others, such as t ...

es. File:Kirchenburg mardisch.jpg, Fortified church of Moardăș File:Mardisch Turm.jpg,

Gate tower A gate tower is a tower built over or next to a major gateway. Usually it is part of a medieval fortification. This may be a town or city wall, fortress, castle or castle chapel. The gate tower may be built as a twin tower on either side of a ...

of the fortified church of Moardăș File:Martinsdorf2.jpg, fortified church of Metiș

References

Communes in Sibiu County Localities in Transylvania {{Sibiu-geo-stub