Tailors' Tower

The Tailors' Tower of Sighi?oara, belonging to Mures County in Romania became constructed within the 14th century. It is located opposite to the Clock Tower and it guards the second gateway into the Citadel of Sighi?oara. This tower is taken into consideration one of the most lovely and wonderful towers of the citadel because of its massiveness and ease. The two passages at the lowest recommend an early courting, probably in the past due 12th or 14th century. The two gates were in ancient railings that slides vertically. When the hearth started out in 1676, in the tower there have been large quantities of grain, projectiles, breastplates, halberds, long guns and a large amount of gunpowder.

The explosion of gunpowder provoked the destruction of the upper side of the tower and of the North-west corridor. The modern appearance is due to the restorations occurred after the fire. Immediately after restorations the North-west hall changed into turned into a warehouse, as a minimum until 1935; after that the vault became restored and taken again to its unique shape and reopened to public.