Via Transilvanica, the long-distance trail crossing the country, has laid the first milestone of the upcoming Terra Borza Teutonica, a section in central Romania’s Braşov county.
The milestone was laid in Viscri, the village known for its UNESCO-listed fortified church and as a holiday destination for King Charles III, who owns a property there.
The 1,400-km-long Via Transilvanica crosses ten counties: Suceava, Bistrița-Năsăud, Mureș, Harghita, Sibiu, Brașov, Alba, Hunedoara, Caraș-Severin and Mehedinți and is divided into seven cultural-historical regions: Bucovina, The Highlands (Ținutul de Sus), Terra Siculorum, Terra Saxonum, Terra Dacica, Terra Banatica, and Terra Romana.
The planned extension would reach some 170 km. The county of Braşov has been represented with only 26 km so far, the project’s initiators explained.
The new section will cross the area of 14 administrative units, namely Buneşti, Jibert, Şoarş, Ticuş, Mândra, Şercaia, Şinca, Şinca Nouă, Poiana Mărului, Zărneşti, Moieciu, Bran, Râşnov and Braşov.
Via Transilvanica, a project developed by Tășuleasa Social, showcases 12 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It starts in Bucovina, at Putna, crosses Transylvania, and ends at Drobeta Turnu Severin, near the Danube shore.
The trail was inaugurated in 2022 after four years of work with the involvement of local communities and over 10,000 volunteers.
It is dotted with signposts and andesite milestones, individually carved by national and international artists.
The long-distance trail, which has been widely featured in international publications, won in 2023 the Public Choice Award of the European Heritage Awards and was among the winners of the Citizens’ Engagement and Awareness-raising category of the same awards.
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