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Cetatea Clnic a fost atestat

documentar n anul 1269,
fiind ridicat de comitele
Chyl de Kelling, iniial ca
resedin nobiliar sseasc.
In prezent, Cetatea se afl
pe lista Patrimoniului
Mondial UNESCO, avnd o
valoare istoric unic.
De civa ani, Cetatea Clnic
se afl n grija Asociaiei Ars
Transilvaniae, care face
parte din Centrul Cultural
Internaional, patronat de
Institutul de Arheologie i
Istoria Artei al Academiei
Romane din Cluj-Napoca.

Localitatea Clnic se afl la 4 Km de drumul european E68 ce

leag oraele Sibiu i Sebe

Cetatea trneasc de la Clnic, este celebr prin turnul

Siegfried, un donjon puternic, atestat nc din 1290. Este
amenajat n secolele al XV-lea i al XVI-lea.

De proporii monumentale, donjonul de la Clnic, (Turnul Siegfried),

a fost construit n jurul anului 1272 din piatr brut, pe un plan
patrulater (12,25 x 8,85 m). Grosimea zidurilor donjonului este de
un metru. Acesta a avut iniial 14 m nlime, dar a fost ulterior
nlat la 20 m. Parterul-pivni i primul etaj ce servea de locuin,
au fost boltite n semicilindru. Al treilea nivel, prevzut cu metereze,
era foarte scund, iar al patrulea era o camer de locuit fortificat.

Turnul de Poart este cea de a doua atracie a Cetii. Acesta are

intrarea pe sub o bolt cilindric prevzut cu hers (grtar masiv ce
era cobort fulgertor asupra asediatorilor).

Dup 1430, ultimul

descendent al greavilor,
Johann Gereb de
Vingard, vinde Cetatea
ranilor sai din Clnic.
Dup opt ani, sultanul
Murad al II-lea o
cucerete fr lupt, iar
ndat dup aceea,
stenii ntresc Cetatea,
ridicnd de-a lungul
incintei interioare cmri
pentru provizii pe trei
niveluri.

Capela din incint const dintr-o sal dreptunghiular i o absid

semicircular spre rsrit, separat printr-un arc triumfal. Portalul de
pe latura de apus, sculptat n gresie, are un ancadrament ce aparine
stilului gotic trziu.

n a doua jumtate a secolului

al XVI-lea fortificaia a fost
adaptat noilor cerine, o dat
cu rspndirea armelor de foc:
este ridicat a doua incint.

Din 2003 s-au efectuat lucrri de amenajare pentru spaiile

expoziionale i pentru cazare, cetatea fiind transformat ntr-un
ntr-un centru cultural tiintific internaional.

La o mic distan de cetate se afl fosta cas parohial

evanghelic, construit n secolul al XVI-lea i mrit n 1779. De la
ea se ajunge la biserica din Deal , nconjurat de cimitir. Se
presupune c ar fi fost construit n secolul al XIII-lea, dar structura
de astzi dateaz din secolul al XV-lea, fiind mult modificat n
secolul al XIX-lea, fapt care a determinat aspectul actual neogotic.

The Peasant Fortress at Calnic

In the village of Calnic, first attested in writing in 1269, there is one
of the oldest fortresses in Transylvania. Built around the year 1200, it
was mentioned in writing around 1267 as owned by the Kelling
counts. The name of the village derives from the name of the Kelling
noble family, whose property it was during the 13th-14th centuries.
Of large proportions, the Dungeon at Calnic, also called the
Siegfried's Tower, was built with raw stone, and has a quadrilateral
plan (12.25 x 8.85 m). Its walls are 1 m thick. Formerly 14 m high, it
is 20 m now. The cellar ground-floor and the first floor, which served
as a residence house, were vaulted in a semicircular shape, while the
other two floors were provided with a ceiling. The third floor, provided
with battlements was very low, where as the fourth one made a
fortified room.

The defence system of the Fortress included also a 3-4 m wide

moat that surrounded its walls, being supplied with water from a
near-by brook.
Entrance to the Gate Tower is made through a vaulted covered
walk equipped with a kind of grill-gate ended in stakes called
"hersa" which, pulled down swiftly, would isolate the besiegers
vanguard from the bulk of their army.
After 1430, Johann Gereb of Vingard, the last descendant of the
Kelling noble family, sold the Fortress to the Saxon villagers at
Calnic. Eight years later, sultan Murad the 2nd conquered the
Fortress without being opposed any resistance. Soon afterwards
the villagers strengthened the Fortress by building onto the
precinct's walls cells for provisions arranged on three storeys.
The Peasant Fortress at Calnic was included in the UNESCO
world patrimony

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