Clock Tower

The Clock Tower of in , , , is the main entry point to the walled upper city, opposite the . With its 64 meter height, the tower is visible from almost every corner of the city.
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  • Opening hours:
    Tuesday—Friday: 9:00 AM—6:30 PM
    Saturday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Tower
  • Description: tower
  • Also known as: “Clock Tower of Sighișoara”, “Sighișoara Clock Tower”, “Stundturm”, “Turnul cu Ceas”, and “Turnul cu Ceas din Sighișoara”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sighișoara Citadel and Monastery Church.

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The Historic Centre of Sighișoara is the old historic center of the town of , , built in the 12th century by Saxon settlers. It is an inhabited medieval citadel that, in 1999, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its 850-year-old testament to the history and culture of the Transylvanian Saxons.

Church
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The , also known as the Church of the Dominican Monastery, is a Gothic church formerly part of a medieval Dominican monastery in , .

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of is located in Tin Street No.1, between the Citadel Square and the Clock Tower. It is the place where Vlad the Impaler, the historical character who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula, was born, in 1431.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sighișoara and Viilor.

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is a city on the Tarnava River in Mures county, in the historic region of . craftsmen and merchants, the Transylvanian Saxons, were invited here by the King of during the 12th century to settle and defend the frontier.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of Clock Tower.

Clock Tower

Latitude
46.21925° or 46° 13′ 9″ north
Longitude
24.79336° or 24° 47′ 36″ east
Height
64 metres (210 feet)
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q1557132
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Clock Tower” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ժամացույցի աշտարակ (Սիգիշոարա)”
  • Armenian: “Ժամացույցի աշտարակ”
  • Bavarian: “Schtundtuam vo Schässbuag”
  • Bulgarian: “Часовникова кула”
  • Catalan: “Torre del Rellotge de Sighișoara”
  • Catalan: “Torre del rellotge”
  • Chinese: “钟楼”
  • Esperanto: “horloĝa turo de Sighișoara”
  • Estonian: “Tunnitorn”
  • French: “tour à l’horloge de Sighișoara”
  • French: “Tour à l’horloge de Sighișoara”
  • German: “Stundenturm”
  • German: “Stundturm”
  • Greek: “Πύργος του Ρολογιού στη Σιγκισοάρα”
  • Greek: “Πύργος του Ρολογιού”
  • Hungarian: “segesvári óratorony”
  • Hungarian: “Segesvári óratorony”
  • Italian: “torre dell’orologio di Sighișoara”
  • Italian: “Torre dell’orologio di Sighișoara”
  • Macedonian: “Саат-кула Сегешвар”
  • Romanian: “Ansamblu fortificații: intrarea fortificată, Turnul cu Ceas, Turnul Tăbăcarilor, Turnul Cositorarilor, Turnul Frânghierilor, Turnul Măcelarilor și Bastionul Castaldo, Turnul Cojocarilor, Turnul Croitorilor, Turnul Cizmari”
  • Romanian: “Turnul cu Ceas din Sighișoara”
  • Slovenian: “Stolpna ura, Sighișoara”
  • Spanish: “Torre del Reloj”
  • Ukrainian: “Сігішоарська годинникова вежа”

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