Romania

Many of the UNESCO sites in Romania have to do with churches that are unique in design or decoration. Click on the map or use the list below it to get to the individual articles.

Wooden Churches of Maramureş
Elegant timber-built church architecture, filled with bright vernacular religious imagery.

Roșia Montană Mining Landscape (on the endangered list)
A hilly region with 16 villages and what remains of a huge Roman-era gold mining operation.

Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains

Danube Delta

Monastery of Horezu

Churches of Moldavia

Historic Centre of Sighişoara

Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania

Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia

Brâncuși Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu

Transnational site

Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
Forests of European beech trees that survived the last Ice Age and then spread across Europe, now protected in 93 locations across 18 countries.