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 Bra\u015fov county.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The 1,400-km-long Via Transilvanica crosses ten counties: Suceava, Bistri\u021ba-N\u0103s\u0103ud, Mure\u0219, Harghita, Sibiu, Bra\u0219ov, Alba, Hunedoara, Cara\u0219-Severin and Mehedin\u021bi and is divided into seven cultural-historical regions: Bucovina, The Highlands (\u021ainutul de Sus), Terra Siculorum, Terra Saxonum, Terra Dacica, Terra Banatica, and Terra Romana.<\/p>\n
The planned extension would reach some 170 km. The county of Bra\u015fov has been represented with only 26 km so far, the project’s initiators explained.<\/p>\n
The new section will cross the area of 14 administrative units, namely Bune\u015fti, Jibert, \u015eoar\u015f, Ticu\u015f, M\u00e2ndra, \u015eercaia, \u015einca, \u015einca Nou\u0103, Poiana M\u0103rului, Z\u0103rne\u015fti, Moieciu, Bran, R\u00e2\u015fnov and Bra\u015fov.<\/p>\n
Via Transilvanica, a project developed by T\u0103\u0219uleasa 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.<\/p>\n
The trail was inaugurated in 2022 after four years of work with the involvement of local communities and over 10,000 volunteers.<\/p>\n
It is dotted with signposts and andesite milestones, individually carved by national and international artists.<\/p>\n
The long-distance trail, which has been widely featured in international publications, won in 2023 the Public Choice Award<\/a> of the European Heritage Awards and was among the winners of the Citizens’ Engagement and Awareness-raising<\/a> category of the same awards.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n