SAXON TRIANGLE (Transylvania)

CHECKLIST of things to see and do ... - We will match your interest ...

Astra Museum (Dr. Corneliu Bucur)- a museum of living village traditions and culture
Bran Castle and Museum (Prof. Prahoveanu)
Brukenthal Museum of Art
Carnivore project (lynx/wolf)
Church painter (Suslanesti - Flesariu Pantelimon)
Church restoration (Apold - Sebastian xxx)
Craft local (Hosman)
Food and wine tasting

Fortified churches
Helicopter rides (Brasov)
Horse Farm Lipizaner (Brukenthal Sambata de Jos)
Lutheran cathedral and choir (Sibiu)
Medieval choir (Brasov)
Tile making (Medias)
Organ concerts (Sibiu, Brasov)
Organ restorer (Sibiu - Hermann Binder)
Organic farming and herbs (Biertan/Laslea)
Painted glass icons - crafts people
Painter glass icons museum
Pan piper (Vulcan - young girl)
Peasant costume specialist (Sorin Apan)
Pottery making (Corund)
Restoration projects
Fortified hill-top village (Rasnov)
Brancovenau Monastery (Sambata)
Saxon painted furniture (Brasov & Sibiu)
Shepherds mountain shelter (cheese)
Symphony concerts (Brasov, Sibiu)
Town planning (Sibiu - Guttman)

UNESCO: Sighisoara Heritage City and Living Human Treasures (Astra Museum)
Medieval walled town (Sighisoara)
Village technology: wood machines
Wood carver (traditional) and daughter (modern)
Workshops: "Meet A Personality"

CHOOSE by thematic interest:

Architecture/Restoration
Flaura and Fauna / Herbal Plants
Folk Customs
Food and Wine
Hiking and Outdoor Activities
Music

Chendu (Kend). this can be either and example of crafts made out of
corn(maize) leaves.

Mehedin suggested list

Chendu 25 Km from Sighisoara on E 60 to Tg. Mures.
Copper by hand (
Brateiu's 'Razvan si Vidra') from the legend Tiganiada - roots near Medias
Blacksmith in Viscri or Floresti
Leatherman in Hetiur.
Beekeepers in Soala in May-June bring in the hives + here for taking the advantages of the locus blossom honey. A saying here is: "miss the whole
year of honey".
Clothes making in Topa (10 Km from Sighisoara) people are very proud by the way they used to make clothes and they were living their lives. Those
times are past now but the people would like to share with the others a bit
of that old way when they were struggling.
Stained glass in Tg. Mures at the Culture Palace

ADD
Cris Castle - the restoration and the retrocession
Stolzberg
Hosman (I think it hosts the oldest clock in the tower)
Ganesti - Casa Vinului (House of Wine)
Breite and the ancient Oaks
Mojna or the dynamic of restoration.

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