Tower sights in Sighişoara
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Clock Tower
Entering the citadel, you pass under the massive Clock Tower, which dates from 1280 and once housed the town council. Formerly the main entrance to the fortified city, the tower is 64m tall, with sturdy base walls measuring an impenetrable 2.35m. Inside, the 1648 clock is a pageant of slowly revolving 80cm-high figurines, carved from linden wood, each representing a character from the Greek-Roman pantheon: Peace bears an olive branch, Justice has a set of scales and Law wields a sword.
The executioner is also present and the drum-player strikes the hour. Above stand seven figures, each representing a day of the week.
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Goldsmiths' Tower
Behind the Church on the Hill are the remains of the Goldsmiths' Tower. The goldsmiths, tailors, carpenters and tinsmiths (the only craftsmen to have their guilds and workshops inside the citadel), existed until 1875.
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Roman Catholic Church
At the northern end of Str Bastionul is the Roman Catholic Church (1896) and the Tailors' Tower (Turnul Cizmarilor) past a little park.
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Tailors' Tower
At the northern end of Str Bastionul is the Roman Catholic church (1896) and the Tailors' Tower past a little park.
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