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404:Altar with polyptych
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1127:Sarmizegetusa Regia
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119:Architecture
73:Sibiu County
1379:Switzerland
695:Clock tower
585:joint issue
545:Reformation
536:clock tower
532:gate towers
457:rib-vaulted
449:Renaissance
447:style with
445:Late Gothic
441:Virgin Mary
431:with three
429:hall church
383:Description
370:Reformation
233:State Party
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1396:Categories
891:2014-05-14
707:Bell tower
671:Headstones
540:bell tower
528:fortresses
468:altarpiece
461:battlement
437:Romanesque
364:. Briefly
349:region of
199:Designated
94:24°31′17″E
91:46°08′07″N
1063:Moldovița
476:Nuremberg
465:polyptych
345:, in the
331:‹See Tfd›
307:‹See Tfd›
154:Completed
1371:Slovenia
1367:Slovakia
1335:Bulgaria
1234:Șurdești
1083:Sucevița
1068:Pătrăuți
1039:Cultural
990:Adevărul
968:Archived
926:Adevărul
887:. UNESCO
845:Elsevier
843:, p.27.
818:Archived
781:Archived
512:sacristy
508:intarsia
496:Augustus
480:crucifix
339:Birthälm
319:Lutheran
298:Romanian
284:LMI Code
191:Criteria
186:Cultural
65:Location
60:Location
54:Lutheran
43:Religion
1383:Ukraine
1351:Germany
1339:Croatia
1327:Belgium
1323:Austria
1319:Albania
1245:Natural
1209:Desești
1204:Budești
1199:Bârsana
1175:Saschiz
1170:Prejmer
1155:Biertan
1107:Căpâlna
1088:Voroneț
1078:Suceava
1073:Probota
839:(ed.),
492:Ezekiel
420:of the
351:Romania
326:Biertan
317:) is a
236:Romania
215:session
206:session
75:Romania
69:Biertan
1363:Poland
1347:France
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1185:Viscri
1165:Dârjiu
1160:Câlnic
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1053:Arbore
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504:relief
500:pulpit
472:Vienna
410:Mediaș
335:German
311:German
241:Region
213:(23rd
204:(17th
140:Gothic
1375:Spain
1355:Italy
1317:with
1294:Șinca
1229:Rogoz
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