# Churches — tourist attractions in Romania [Romania](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/attractions) › [Categories](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/categories) > Churches, cathedrals, wooden and fortified churches, synagogues and mosques. Churches are the most widespread sights in Romania and every region has a type of its own: Maramureș has kept its tall-towered wooden churches, eight of them on the UNESCO list; southern Transylvania has the fortified churches of the Saxons, ringed by walls and towers, and the Székely Land churches with painted coffered ceilings; Oltenia has hundreds of small 18th- and 19th-century wooden churches; the big cities have their Orthodox and Catholic cathedrals and the Gothic churches of the old town. Fortified churches, cathedrals, synagogues and mosques belong here too; monasteries, with their communities and precincts, have a category of their own, [Monasteries](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/manastiri). Most churches are open at service times; in villages the key is often kept by a neighbour or the parish priest. [The Black Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-neagra) in Brașov is the largest Gothic church between Vienna and Istanbul, and the [Biertan Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-biertan) and the [Viscri Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-viscri) are the most visited of the Saxon ones. In [Maramureș](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/region/maramures), the [Bârsana Wooden Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-barsana) and the [Șurdești Wooden Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-surdesti) are a good start, while in the Hațeg Country [St Nicholas Church in Densuș](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-densus), built from Roman stones, is among the oldest in the country. In Bucharest, the [People's Salvation Cathedral](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-mantuirii-neamului) is one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world. ## Tourist attractions 101 attractions - [Biertan Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-biertan) — Churches · Biertan, SB · ½ – 1 hours · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 20 The Saxon church on the hill in the middle of the village, guarded by three rings of walls and towers; inside, Romania's largest polyptych altarpiece and a door with a lock from 1515. - [St Michael's Cathedral](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-romano-catolica-sfantul-mihail) — Churches · Alba Iulia, AB · Free · 45 min · Top 100 Romania's oldest and longest cathedral, Romanesque and Gothic, at the heart of the Alba Carolina Fortress; it holds the tomb of John Hunyadi and the first Renaissance chapel in Transylvania. - [Coronation Cathedral](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-incoronarii) — Churches · Alba Iulia, AB · Free · 45 min · Top 100 The Orthodox cathedral inside Alba Carolina Fortress, built in 1921–1922 for the coronation of Ferdinand and Marie as king and queen of Greater Romania, with a 58 m bell tower and royal portraits in fresco. - [Câlnic Fortress](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cetatea-calnic) — Fortresses and fortifications · Câlnic, AB · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 100 A 13th-century count's residence, bought by the Saxon villagers in 1430 and turned into a peasant fortress: a Romanesque keep, two rings of walls and a chapel, in a valley near Sebeș. - [Saschiz Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-saschiz) — Churches · Saschiz, MS · 10 lei · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 100 A Late Gothic Saxon church beside the DN13, with a bell tower modelled on Sighișoara's Clock Tower; on the hill above the village stand the walls of a 14th-century peasant fortress. - [Dârjiu Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-darjiu) — Churches · Dârjiu, HR · 10 lei · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 100 The only Székely and Unitarian church in the UNESCO fortified-church site: a Gothic church with 1419 frescoes of the legend of Saint Ladislaus, whose fortress villagers still use to store their bacon. - [Prejmer Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-prejmer) — Churches · Prejmer, BV · 30 lei · 1 – 1½ hours · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 100 One of the largest Saxon fortified churches: a Gothic church on a cross-shaped plan, ringed by an oval wall with over 270 refuge rooms reached by timber galleries. - [Valea Viilor Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-valea-viilor) — Churches · Valea Viilor, SB · 8 lei · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 100 The Saxon church in a vineyard valley near Mediaș, with its choir turned into a defence tower, an almost intact oval wall and a wood-and-iron portcullis that has survived for centuries. - [Viscri Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-viscri) — Churches · Viscri, BV · 20 lei · UNESCO World Heritage · Top 100 A small white church on the hill above the village, grown from a 12th-century Romanesque chapel and ringed by walls, towers and grain galleries, in a Saxon village that has survived almost intact. - [Mălâncrav Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-malancrav) — Churches · Mălâncrav, SB A 14th-century Gothic church built by the noble Apafi family, with the largest ensemble of Gothic frescoes in Transylvania and a polyptych altarpiece that has stood in place for more than five centuries. - [People's Salvation Cathedral](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-mantuirii-neamului) — Churches · București · Free · ½ – 1 hours Romania's National Cathedral, on Arsenal Hill next to the Palace of the Parliament: a 127 m Neo-Byzantine church with its altar consecrated in 2018 and its painting consecrated in 2025, open to visitors only in announced periods. - [Fortified Roman Catholic Church of Cârța](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-romano-catolica-carta-harghita) — Churches · Cârța, HR · 30 min A Gothic and Baroque church on a rocky hill in the Ciuc region, ringed by a defensive wall with a tower; inside is a Gothic font from the 15th century. - [The Black Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-neagra) — Churches · Brașov, BV · 30 lei · 45 min Romania's largest Gothic church, built by the Saxons of Brașov between 1383 and 1477; inside are the 1839 Buchholz organ and a rare collection of Anatolian carpets. - [Ascension Cathedral (Roman Catholic Cathedral)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-romano-catolica-satu-mare) — Churches · Satu Mare, SM · Free · 30 min The Cathedral of the Ascension, rebuilt in neoclassical style between 1830 and 1837: a portico of six Corinthian columns and two towers dominate Piața Libertății, and inside lies the tomb of a martyr bishop. - [Cisnădioara Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-cisnadioara) — Churches · Cisnădioara, SB · 10 lei A Romanesque basilica from the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries, left almost unaltered, on the rocky top of St Michael's Hill, ringed by a defensive wall and looking out to the Făgăraș Mountains. - [Ieud Hill Wooden Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-ieud-deal) — Churches · Ieud, MM · UNESCO World Heritage The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin on Ieud's rocky hillside, built in 1611–1621, painted inside by Alexandru Ponehalschi and the place where the Ieud Codex was found. A UNESCO site. - [Bârsana Wooden Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-barsana) — Churches · Bârsana, MM · 30 min · UNESCO World Heritage Bârsana's old wooden church, dating from 1711, stands on Jbâr Hill in an orchard full of crosses; inside is Toader Hodor's Baroque painting of 1806. A UNESCO site. - [Cincu Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-cincu) — Churches · Cincu, BV · ½ – 1 hours One of the largest Romanesque basilicas in the Saxon villages of Transylvania, built in the 13th century on a hill between the Olt and the Hârtibaciu, with a tall tower and defensive walls. - [Cricău Fortified Reformed Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-cricau) — Churches · Cricău, AB · 45 min A Romanesque church of the 13th century with a keep-like tower and an oval stone enclosure, preserving fragments of medieval frescoes among the oldest in Transylvania. - [Hosman Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-hosman) — Churches · Hosman, SB · 45 min A 13th-century Romanesque church with a richly carved portal, enclosed by a double ring of walls in the Hârtibaciu valley, with the Făgăraș Mountains behind. - [Reformed Church of Ghidfalău](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-reformata-ghidfalau) — Churches · Ghidfalău, CV · 30 min A medieval church with a Romanesque nave and a Gothic sanctuary, enclosed by a wall with a gate tower on the terrace above the Olt. It keeps fragments of medieval frescoes. - [Reformed Church of Șieu-Odorhei](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-reformata-sieu-odorhei) — Churches · Șieu-Odorhei, BN · 20 min A hall church from the second half of the 13th century, with a tympanum relief of a dragon hunt, considered one of the most important early Gothic sculptures in Transylvania. - [Richiș Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-richis) — Churches · Richiș, SB · 45 min A Gothic basilica from the second half of the 14th century, with a gate tower and enclosure walls, known for the Green Man and the other faces carved in stone inside. - [Saint Nicholas Wooden Church Ensemble in Colacu](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-colacu) — Churches · Colacu, SV · 30 min An unpainted wooden church of around 1800 with three small turrets, on the bank of the Moldova, beside its bell tower and the grave of mayor Traian Popovici. - [Sebeș Lutheran Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-evanghelica-sebes) — Churches · Sebeș, AB · 45 min The Saxons' Gothic church in the centre of Sebeș, with a tall 14th-century choir and the largest winged altarpiece of any Lutheran church in Romania. - [Unitarian Church in Chilieni](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-unitariana-chilieni) — Churches · Chilieni, CV · 30 min A medieval church on the edge of Sfântu Gheorghe, with 13th-century origins and 14th–15th-century wall paintings: the legend of King Ladislaus, the Passion and the Last Judgement. - [Alma Vii Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-alma-vii) — Churches · Alma Vii, SB A small Saxon stronghold on the hill of a village at the end of the road, with four restored towers housing small museums of village life; winner of a Europa Nostra award in 2024. - [Apold Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-apold) — Churches · Apold, MS · 45 min A Saxon church on a hill in Apold, surrounded by walls and defensive towers that survive almost complete, with Gothic frescoes on the triumphal arch and contemporary art exhibition spaces. - [Arbore Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-arbore) — Churches · Arbore, SV · 45 min · UNESCO World Heritage The church built in 1502 by Hetman Luca Arbore, with no tower and exterior frescoes from 1541 dominated by green; a UNESCO site, today the church of Arbore Monastery. - [Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Galați](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-arhiepiscopala-galati) — Churches · Galați, GL · Free · 30 min The cathedral of the Archdiocese of Lower Danube, built between 1906 and 1917 to plans by Petre Antonescu: the largest religious building in Galați, Neo-Byzantine, with a main tower 42.5 m high. - [Ascension of the Lord Wooden Church in Arieșeni](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-arieseni) — Churches · Arieșeni, AB · 30 min A wooden church of 1791, plastered and roofed in sheet metal, with rare peasant stucco decoration on its façades, a west bell tower and old painting in the nave. - [Ascension of the Lord Wooden Church in Jupânești](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-jupanesti) — Churches · Jupânești, AG · 30 min A wooden church of 1742 built of oak beams, with a wide porch, an open bell tower and wall paintings of heaven and hell in the porch, in a village of Coșești commune. - [Axente Sever Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-axente-sever) — Churches · Axente Sever, SB · 45 min A 14th-century Gothic hall church with its bell tower raised above the choir, surrounded by an oval wall whose former food stores now house a museum and guest rooms. - [Budești Josani Wooden Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-budesti-josani) — Churches · Budești, MM · UNESCO World Heritage The 1643 Church of Saint Nicholas in the Cosău Valley, with a slender tower framed by four small turrets, paintings by Alexandru Ponehalschi and the chain mail attributed to the outlaw Pintea the Brave. A UNESCO site. - [Bunești Fortified Church (Bodendorf)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-bunesti) — Churches · Bunești, BV · 30 min The Evangelical church of Bunești (Bodendorf), a late 13th-century basilica ringed by a wall with towers and the villagers' grain chambers, with a narrow, tall interior full of painted galleries. - [Carol I Mosque](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/moscheea-carol-i-constanta) — Churches · Constanța, CT · 45 min Constanța's Grand Mosque, built between 1910 and 1913 at the wish of King Carol I, with a 47 m minaret you climb by 140 steps and a 144 m² Hereke carpet in the prayer hall. - [Cathedral of Saint Alexander in Alexandria](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-sfantul-alexandru-alexandria) — Churches · Alexandria, TR · Free · 30 min The cathedral of the Diocese of Alexandria and Teleorman, built between 1869 and 1898 in the town centre: a three-towered brick church painted in 1898 by Ștefan Luchian and Constantin Artachino, and a listed historic monument. - [Cathedral of Saint Haralambie in Turnu Măgurele](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-sfantul-haralambie-turnu-magurele) — Churches · Turnu Măgurele, TR · Free · 20 min The large church in the town centre, built between 1900 and 1905 at King Carol I's suggestion to plans by André Lecomte du Noüy, with three towers and Neo-Byzantine painting; a class A historic monument. - [Church of St Demetrius and St Nestor, Mânăstirea](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-sf-dumitru-si-sf-nestor-manastirea) — Churches · Mânăstirea, CL · Free · 30 min A 1648 foundation of Matei Basarab and Lady Elina, a historic monument of national importance, in the village named after an old monastery: a brick church with an octagonal tower and interior painting. - [Cincșor Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-cincsor) — Churches · Cincșor, BV · 45 min A Gothic Saxon church from 1421, enclosed by walls, four defensive towers and a second ring of fortifications, in the middle of a village by the Olt with the Făgăraș Mountains behind it. - [Cisnădie Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-cisnadie) — Churches · Cisnădie, SB · 45 min A 13th-century Romanesque basilica turned Saxon fortress, 10 km from Sibiu: a bell tower with a clock dating from 1425, double walls and a small museum. - [Copșa Mare Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-copsa-mare) — Churches · Copșa Mare, SB · 30 min A Saxon church fortified around 1510, with a tall choir under a star vault, a bell tower with a timber gallery and a winegrowers' village around it, in the Wine Country. - [Cristian Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-cristian) — Churches · Cristian, BV A Saxon church fortress in the Burzenland, near Brașov: a 19th-century Neoclassical church ringed by a double medieval wall with eight surviving defensive towers. - [Criț Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-crit) — Churches · Criț, BV · 30 min A 19th-century Lutheran church with an 1813 organ, enclosed by an oval 15th-century wall, on a hill in the middle of a quiet Saxon village a few kilometres off the DN13. - [Cuvioasa Paraschiva Wooden Church in Glodeni](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-glodeni-gorj) — Churches · Glodeni, GJ · 30 min A wooden church from around 1728, with an ornamented porch and a bell tower added in the 19th century, in a hill village of Bălănești commune. - [Cuvioasa Paraschiva Wooden Church in Marița-Funduri](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-marita-funduri) — Churches · Marița, VL · 20 min One of the oldest wooden churches south of the Carpathians, dated by inscription to 1556–1557, very small and unpainted, with an iconostasis decorated with designs scratched into the wood. - [Cuvioasa Paraschiva Wooden Church in Târgu Ocna](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-targu-ocna) — Churches · Târgu Ocna, BC · 20 min A 17th-century wooden church, rebuilt in 1725 for the salt-mine workers and convicts of Târgu Ocna, with an iconostasis painted in 1833 and a bell tower with a bulb-shaped spire. - [Desești Wooden Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-desesti) — Churches · Desești, MM · UNESCO World Heritage A wooden church from 1770 dedicated to Saint Paraskeva, painted in 1780 by Radu Munteanu with a crowded Last Judgement; one of the eight Maramureș churches on the UNESCO World Heritage List. - [Dormition of the Mother of God Wooden Church in Căpăt](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-capat) — Churches · Căpăt, TM · 30 min An 18th-century wooden church on the Banat plain, with a small shingled tower and wall paintings worn away by time, sheltered by a protective scaffold until its restoration. - [Dormition of the Mother of God Wooden Church in Lăpugiu de Jos](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-lapugiu-de-jos) — Churches · Lăpugiu de Jos, HD · 30 min A wooden church of 1765 in the west of Hunedoara County, with a tall, pointed bell tower and old painting on the timber walls and vault inside. - [Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple Wooden Church in Mănăstioara](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-manastioara) — Churches · Mănăstioara, SV · ½ – 1 hours A small 18th-century wooden church in the cemetery of an isolated hillside village, tied to the tradition that Stephen the Great built it from the oak that hid him. - [Evangelical Cathedral of Sibiu](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-evanghelica-sibiu) — Churches · Sibiu, SB · 10 lei · ½ – 1 hours The Gothic church of the Sibiu Saxons, with a 73-metre tower you can climb, the 1914 Sauer organ, the 1445 Crucifixion fresco and the gravestones of the ferula. - [Evangelical Church of Șmig](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-evanghelica-din-smig) — Churches · Șmig, SB · 30 min A 15th-century Gothic Saxon church with more than 250 sq m of medieval wall paintings, uncovered bit by bit from beneath whitewash and among the largest in Transylvania. - [Exaltation of the Holy Cross Wooden Church in Horodnic de Jos](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-horodnic-de-jos) — Churches · Horodnic de Jos, SV · 20 min A small wooden church of 1717 in the cemetery of the Schit Călugărița hamlet, with a carved portal, a twisted-rope belt and 92 blind arcades on its walls. - [Fortified Reformed Church of Ocna Sibiului](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-reformata-ocna-sibiului) — Churches · Ocna Sibiului, SB · 30 min A 13th-century Romanesque basilica surrounded by a defensive wall, with frescoes of 1522 and Gothic net vaults; the building is included in a restoration project. - [Fortified Roman Catholic Church of St Michael in Mihăileni](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-romano-catolica-sf-mihail-mihaileni) — Churches · Mihăileni, HR · 30 min A 15th-century Gothic church, extended in 1819 and ringed by a wall with loopholes; its slender tower is an example of the Ciuc type, and 15th-century frescoes survive inside. - [Greek Church “Annunciation” in Brăila](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-greaca-braila) — Churches · Brăila, BR · Free · 30 min The church raised between 1863 and 1872 by Brăila’s Greek community to plans by the architect Avraam Ioanidis: a Byzantine-style building with a clock tower, paintings by Tattarescu and Liochis, and the famous Healing Spring. - [Hărman Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-harman) — Churches · Hărman, BV · 20 lei A 13th-century Romanesque basilica enclosed by 12 m walls with seven towers, with the tallest bell tower in the Burzenland and a chapel of 15th-century Gothic frescoes. - [Holy Archangels Wooden Church in Seliștea](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-selistea-mehedinti) — Churches · Seliștea, MH · 20 min A small wooden church of 1820–1822, plastered and painted in 1835, standing in the cemetery of a scattered village on the Mehedinți Plateau and currently under restoration. - [Holy Three Hierarchs Wooden Church in Goiești](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-goiesti) — Churches · Goiești, AB · 45 min A wooden church of 1712 with a tall, slender spire, hidden in a village in the Apuseni Mountains and keeping interior paintings of 1791. - [Holy Voivodes Wooden Church in Isverna](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-isverna) — Churches · Isverna, MH · 30 min A small 19th-century wooden church with a shingle roof and whitewashed walls, tucked among trees in Isverna, with a painted iconostasis and folk murals inside. - [Homorod Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-homorod) — Churches · Homorod, BV · 45 min A 13th-century Romanesque hall church with an eight-storey keep above the old choir, two rings of walls and fragments of medieval wall paintings, a few kilometres from Rupea. - [Huși Episcopal Cathedral](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-episcopala-husi) — Churches · Huși, VS · Free · 45 min The Church of Saints Peter and Paul, founded by Stephen the Great in 1495 and rebuilt in the 18th century: the cathedral of the Diocese of Huși, with the voivode's inscription preserved and a historic walled precinct. - [Ighișu Nou Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-ighisu-nou) — Churches · Ighișu Nou, SB · 30 min A Saxon Gothic church of the 14th–15th centuries, with a defensive tower under a hipped roof, a complete enclosure wall, a round bastion from 1515 and medieval frescoes in the choir. - [Ighiu Reformed Church Ensemble](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-reformata-ighiu) — Churches · Ighiu, AB · 30 min The Late Baroque Reformed church of Ighiu, set within the remains of a medieval enclosure whose gate tower now forms part of a house; the grave of the scholar Péter Bod lies in the churchyard. - [Lutheran Church in Herina](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-evanghelica-herina) — Churches · Herina, BN · 30 min A Romanesque brick basilica built in the 13th century by Benedictine monks, with three aisles and two west towers, on a hill above the village. - [Lutheran Church in Jelna](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-evanghelica-jelna) — Churches · Jelna, BN · 30 min A fortified medieval ensemble in the village centre: a Gothic church left in ruins, a 16th-century bell tower, and an enclosure wall with a gateway. - [Meșendorf Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-mesendorf) — Churches · Meșendorf, BV · 40 min A Gothic Saxon church from the 14th century, fortified in 1495, in a quiet village among hills, with an enclosure wall, two towers and a gallery painted in 1765. - [Metropolitan Cathedral of Iași](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-mitropolitana-iasi) — Churches · Iași, IS · Free · 45 min The cathedral of the Metropolis of Moldavia, consecrated in 1887 in the centre of Iași and home to the relics of Saint Parascheva, which draw hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every October. - [Metropolitan Cathedral of the Three Holy Hierarchs](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/catedrala-mitropolitana-timisoara) — Churches · Timișoara, TM · Free · 30 min The Orthodox cathedral of the Banat, built between 1936 and 1946 in the Neo-Moldavian style, with a main tower of over 80 m, glazed-tile roofs and a museum of old church art in the basement. - [Moon Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-cu-luna) — Churches · Oradea, BH · Free · 30 min The Orthodox church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Piața Unirii, built in 1784–1790 and known for the globe in its tower that shows the phases of the Moon, in a mechanism of 1793. - [Moșna Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-din-mosna) — Churches · Moșna, SB · ½ – 1 hours One of the largest Gothic hall churches in the Târnava valley, with a massive bell tower and a walled enclosure with towers; part of the wall collapsed in June 2026. - [Pădureni Reformed Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-reformata-padureni) — Churches · Pădureni, MS · 30 min A Reformed church from the second half of the 18th century, with a tall tower topped by a tin-clad onion dome, a pulpit of 1761 and an organ of 1847, in a village of Gornești commune. - [Reformed Church of Lutița](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-reformata-lutita) — Churches · Lutița, HR · 30 min A Gothic church of the 14th–15th centuries, with a stone portal from the early 16th century, set within an enclosure wall and a tall tower with a pointed roof. Inside are coffered ceilings and a polychrome pulpit. - [Rogoz Wooden Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-rogoz) — Churches · Rogoz, MM · UNESCO World Heritage The Church of the Holy Archangels in Rogoz, built in 1663 and part of the Maramureș UNESCO site, has an asymmetric roof over the 'table of the ancestors', horse-head eaves brackets and paintings from 1785. - [Roman Catholic Basilica of Oradea](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/bazilica-romano-catolica-oradea) — Churches · Oradea, BH · Free · 30 min The Cathedral of the Assumption, built between 1752 and 1780: the largest Baroque church in Romania, with an organ given by Maria Theresa and an interior of marble, frescoes and gilding. - [Roman Catholic Church of St George in Ciucsângeorgiu](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-romano-catolica-sf-gheorghe-ciucsangeorgiu) — Churches · Ciucsângeorgiu, HR · 30 min A Gothic church of the 14th–16th centuries, protected by a fortified wall with loopholes and a gate tower, in the centre of a village in Lower Ciuc. One of the largest medieval churches in the area. - [Roman Catholic Dome of St George](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/domul-romano-catolic-timisoara) — Churches · Timișoara, TM · 30 min The Baroque cathedral of the Catholic bishopric of Timișoara, built between 1736 and 1774 on Union Square; restored with EU funds and reopened in April 2023, with the bishops' crypt under the altar. - [Saint Demetrius Wooden Church in Larga](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-larga) — Churches · Larga, MM · 30 min A wooden church of 1802 (listed monument) on a hill in the village of Larga, with a bell tower with an open gallery and interior paintings of the Wheel of Life and the Last Judgment. - [Saint George Wooden Church in Dragoslavele](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-dragoslavele) — Churches · Dragoslavele, AG · 45 min A wooden church moved twice, with a tall bell-tower spire and folk-style painting, in the grounds of Dragoslavele Hermitage on the hill north of the village. - [Saint John Chrysostom Wooden Church in Stâncești](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-stancesti-bihor) — Churches · Stâncești, BH · 20 min A small wooden church of around 1752, with a tall tower and a shingle spire, in a village cemetery in the Beiuș Land, with traces of painting by David Zugravul. - [Saint Parascheva Wooden Church in Ciocâltei](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-ciocaltei) — Churches · Ciocâltei, VL · 20 min An 18th-century wooden church dedicated to Saint Parascheva, in the village of Ciocâltei in Roești commune, with an octagonal tower, a painted façade and a concrete bell tower at the gate. - [Saint Paraskeva Wooden Church Ensemble in Pianu de Sus](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-pianu-de-sus) — Churches · Pianu de Sus, AB · 30 min A small wooden church of 1761, surviving only as the sanctuary and part of the nave, set at the top of the village cemetery and holding old paintings on wood. - [Saint Paraskeva Wooden Church in Băbeni (Capu Dealului)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-babeni) — Churches · Băbeni, VL · 30 min A wooden church from the late 18th century in a hilltop cemetery in the village of Capu Dealului, with a glazed porch and a small bell tower rising from the roof. - [Saints Michael and Gabriel Wooden Church in Tilecuș](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-tilecus) — Churches · Tilecuș, BH · 30 min An oak wooden church of 1785, with a tall tower with an open gallery and a carved portal, built with money from a participant in Horea's uprising. - [Șard Reformed Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-reformata-sard) — Churches · Șard, AB · 30 min A medieval fortified church inside an oval enclosure of river stone, with a ruined gate tower on the north side; built on the site of a Romanesque basilica of the 13th century. - [Sfânta Precista Fortified Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-fortificata-precista-galati) — Churches · Galați, GL · Free · 30 min The oldest building in Galați, a merchants' church consecrated in 1647, with walls up to 1.8 m thick, a bell tower and a fortified loft with 28 loopholes, on the bank of the Danube. - [St Margaret's Church, Mediaș](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-sfanta-margareta-din-medias) — Churches · Mediaș, SB · 15 lei · ½ – 1 hours The Lutheran church in the centre of Mediaș, late Gothic and enclosed in a fortress with walls and towers; its leaning tower, with a five-pointed spire, is the town's emblem. - [St Nicholas Church in Densuș](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-densus) — Churches · Densuș, HD · Free · 45 min A small stone church in the Hațeg Country, built largely from Roman blocks brought from Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, with a tower over the nave, stone lions on the roof and paintings from 1443. - [St Nicholas Church in Șchei](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-sfantul-nicolae-din-schei) — Churches · Brașov, BV · 45 min The Orthodox church of the Romanians of Șcheii Brașovului, built from 1495 on the site of a wooden one, with Gothic-Baroque towers, painted façades and Nicolae Titulescu's grave in the churchyard. - [Unitarian Church of Sânvăsii](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-unitariana-sanvasii) — Churches · Sânvăsii, MS · 30 min A 14th-century Gothic church on a hill in the Niraj Valley, with a stone-and-timber tower, frescoes from the 1490s and the memory of Saint Ladislaus, from whom the village takes its name. - [Vaslui Princely Court (Curtea Domnească din Vaslui)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/curtea-domneasca-vaslui) — Monuments and historic sites · Vaslui, VS · 45 min An archaeological park laid out on the site of Moldavia's princely court in Vaslui, with the Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist, a foundation of Stephen the Great from 1490, in the town centre. - [Wooden Church of Plopiș](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-plopis) — Churches · Plopiș, MM · Free · UNESCO World Heritage An oak church built by the village's 49 families at the end of the 18th century, with a slender tower of almost 47 m and a trefoil vault unique among wooden churches, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. - [Wooden Church of Poienile Izei](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-poienile-izei) — Churches · Poienile Izei, MM · UNESCO World Heritage An early 17th-century wooden church in the village cemetery, with the best-known depiction of Hell in Maramureș: devils, torments and village sins, painted in 1793–1794. - [Wooden Church of St John the Baptist in Zătreni](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-zatreni) — Churches · Zătreni, VL · 20 min A boyar wooden church of 1756, founded by the Zătreanu family, with a broad shingle roof, an open porch and a richly carved, gilded iconostasis. - [Wooden Church of Șurdești](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-surdesti) — Churches · Șurdești, MM · UNESCO World Heritage The oak-built Greek Catholic church of Șurdești village, with a 54-metre tower and a total height of 72 metres, one of the tallest old timber buildings in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage monument. - [Wooden Church of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Beznea](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-beznea) — Churches · Beznea, BH · 30 min A wooden church of 1723 with a tall pointed bell tower, a carved rope-like belt and a porch whose balustrade is cut with small hearts, in the Bihor village of Beznea. - [Wooden Church of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Săliștea](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-salistea-alba) — Churches · Săliștea, AB · 30 min A wooden church of 1798 with a low bell tower over the narthex and paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries, raised with material from the former Cioara monastery, a place tied to Sofronie of Cioara. - [Wooden Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Glâmbocu](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-glambocu) — Churches · Glâmbocu, AG · 30 min A wooden church of 1808, built by the village's free peasants, with its original painting kept on the iconostasis and a masonry porch of 1869 painted in bright colours. - [Wooden Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Grămești](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-gramesti) — Churches · Pietreni, VL · 30 min A wooden church of 1664, founded by Metropolitan Stephen I, standing on a high limestone plinth with Cyrillic inscriptions on its outer walls, at the edge of a fir forest. - [Wooden Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Margine](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserica-de-lemn-margine) — Churches · Margine, BH · 30 min A wooden church of around 1700, regarded as the oldest in Bihor County, with a slender shingle-clad tower, a porch on two sides and an iconostasis painted in 1780. --- Full page: https://peplaiuri.ro/en/biserici Other languages: Română: https://peplaiuri.ro/biserici.md · Deutsch: https://peplaiuri.ro/de/biserici.md · Italiano: https://peplaiuri.ro/it/biserici.md · Français: https://peplaiuri.ro/fr/biserici.md Source: Pe Plaiuri (https://peplaiuri.ro/en) — Guide to tourist attractions in Romania