Roșia Fortified Church
The Roșia fortified church (; ) is a Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession in Romania, Lutheran fortified church in Roșia, Sibiu, Roșia (), Sibiu County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by the Germans, ethnic German Transylvanian Saxons, Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301), Kingdom of Hungary. Initially Catholic Church, Roman Catholic, it became Lutheran following the Reformation, Protestant Reformation. Description The church was built around 1225, and was first mentioned in a document from 1327. A Romanesque architecture, Romanesque basilica dates to the 13th century; surviving elements include the choir, triumphal arch, pillars between the main and side naves, and parts of the north portal, including the windows and upper level. Fortification work took place in the 16th century, with most of the windows and the entrance room in the western part daring to the 18th. In the 19th centu ...
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