2021-07-01 17-17-04 Ilieni-(Cosvana): Biserica reformată fortificată
At the beginning of the 12th century, on the hill which rises above the village, stood a small church built in the Romanian style. In its place was built in 1443 a much larger church, Gothic style, fortified with a wall.
At the end of the 16th / beginning of the 17th century, after the Saxon sieges of 1612, the complex was surrounded by another fortification wall, completed with five bastions and watchtowers.
The greatest devastation on the locality took place in 1658, a few years after the construction of the fortress. After the unsuccessful campaign waged against Poland by Rakoczi Gyorgy II, prince of Transylvania, the defenseless country was attacked by the unified armies of the Tatars, the Pas de Silistra, the voivode of Muntenia Mihnea lll (Mihail Radu) and the voivode of Moldavia Gheorghe Ghica. The campaign of punishment was organized by the Sultan, who wanted to punish the prince for the campaign for which he had not asked his permission. Crossing the Buzau Pass, they gathered in the Tara Barsei depression, and among the first besieged strongholds was the llieni Fortress. The armies that arrived here on August 20 conquered the fortress after a siege that lasted 5 days. The armies devastated the whole territory of Transylvania. More than 500 people have fallen in the fighting, and the Crimean Tatars have taken 800 prisoners into captivity.
The original wall, once built between the 15th and 16th centuries, has remained, but the church was demolished, and again rebuilt between 1782-1785.
2021-07-01 17-17-04 Ilieni-(Cosvana): Biserica reformată fortificată
At the beginning of the 12th century, on the hill which rises above the village, stood a small church built in the Romanian style. In its place was built in 1443 a much larger church, Gothic style, fortified with a wall.
At the end of the 16th / beginning of the 17th century, after the Saxon sieges of 1612, the complex was surrounded by another fortification wall, completed with five bastions and watchtowers.
The greatest devastation on the locality took place in 1658, a few years after the construction of the fortress. After the unsuccessful campaign waged against Poland by Rakoczi Gyorgy II, prince of Transylvania, the defenseless country was attacked by the unified armies of the Tatars, the Pas de Silistra, the voivode of Muntenia Mihnea lll (Mihail Radu) and the voivode of Moldavia Gheorghe Ghica. The campaign of punishment was organized by the Sultan, who wanted to punish the prince for the campaign for which he had not asked his permission. Crossing the Buzau Pass, they gathered in the Tara Barsei depression, and among the first besieged strongholds was the llieni Fortress. The armies that arrived here on August 20 conquered the fortress after a siege that lasted 5 days. The armies devastated the whole territory of Transylvania. More than 500 people have fallen in the fighting, and the Crimean Tatars have taken 800 prisoners into captivity.
The original wall, once built between the 15th and 16th centuries, has remained, but the church was demolished, and again rebuilt between 1782-1785.