Axente Sever (until 1931 ''Frâua''; german: Frauendorf; hu, Asszonyfalva) is a commune located in Sibiu County,

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

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, named after

Ioan Axente Sever Ioan Axente Sever (born Ioan Axente; 15 April 1821–13 August 1906) was a Romanians, Romanian revolutionary in Austria-Hungary who participated in the Transylvanian Revolution of 1848. Biography Early years He was born in Frâua (called Ax ...

. The commune is composed of three villages: Agârbiciu (''Arbegen''; ''Szászegerbegy''), Axente Sever and Șoala (''Schaal''; ''Sálya''). In each of these three villages there are

Saxon The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic * * * * peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...

fortified churches erected in the 14th century and fortified till the 16th century.

Gallery

File:Biserica Fortificata din Axente Sever Sibiu Poza 4.JPG, Fortified Church of Axente Sever File:Axente Sever IMG 5527.jpg, Fortified Church of Axente Sever File:Biserica Fortificata din Axente Sever Sibiu Poza 2.JPG, Fortified Church of Axente Sever File:ROM Axente Sever 01.jpg, Axente Sever File:ROM Axente Sever Principala 01.jpg, The main street

References

Augustin Ioan and Hanna Derer. ''The Fortified Churches of the Transylvanian Saxons''. Noi Media Print, 2004 {{Authority control Communes in Sibiu County Localities in Transylvania