Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
I especially like these fortified churches and monasteries, never seen a thing like that. Got some background to share
Myth is quite right on some aspects.

The idea behind them was to protect, and almost all of these fortified churches and monasteries (mainly those in Transylvania at least) were built by the peasants to protect themselves. The Moldavian monasteries were built mainly by the voievode (domnitor / voievod), but with the same idea in mind - protect the local community around the church.

Most of them haven't been ever razed, and quite a few of them survived numerous assaults.

Enjoy Lipscani Myth!