Sighisoara Clock Tower

In each fortification machine there is one citadel that dominates the others: the master-tower. The Clock Tower of Sighisoara is the primary access factor to the castle, contrary guarded by way of Taylor's Tower. With its sixty four meters of peak, the tower is visible from nearly every corner of the town from Mures County, its motive became to shield the primary gate of the fort and also served as the metropolis hall until 1556. Now It's considered one of the maximum expressive clock tower inside the complete Transylvania.

The tower started to be constructed on the end of thirteenth century, It become built within the 14th century as a simple gate tower with a maximum of tiers: the floor floor and first flooring of the tower have been product of sandstone and river rock, the first level of the tower creation in all likelihood had a shape equal to the Tailors tower. The thickness of the bottom walls had been 2.35 meters, 1.30 meters on the second one ground, stone tiles of basalt were used best on the corners. In the sixteenth century the old roof was demolished, they have brought two flooring constructed of brick and it became constructed a balcony and the roof.