St. Stephen's Tower in Baia Mare, Romania
While we were visiting Baia Mare, a city in the north of Romania, a tower we spotted from a few streets caught our eye.
Searching on the internet for some information about that tower I found out that it is possible to visit it and that it is located in the Citadel Square.
I found the city interesting to visit but more attractive was the old part of the city.
In just a few minutes we were already in the Citadel Square admiring the beauty of the Stefan Tower, my God, it's so high.
I have to admit that I had a bit of trouble finding the information desk and of course the place where I could pay the visit fee.
Finally in an office at the base of the tower we found someone, here we paid the entrance fee which was 3lei/person after which we visited the tower without a guide, the tower is visited daily, the schedule may be different depending on the months you visit, but usually between 10-17.
It is a bit strange to enter the tower through a very small door made of solid wood (me being 1,82 meters tall it was a bit harder).
This is the exterior of the Stefan Tower.
It is a bit strange to enter the tower through a very small door made of solid wood (me being 1,82 meters tall it was a bit harder).
Come on, let me leave you with some information.
St. Stephen's Tower is part of the former St. Stephen's Church complex. The church was completed in 1347 and inaugurated 40 years later. The St. Stephen's Tower or Stephen's Tower or Great Tower or Bell Tower or Bell Tower is built of stone, 40 meters high. The tower has 165 steps. The walls of the tower are up to 2 meters thick. The tower has been affected by many fires over the years and has been rebuilt each time with minor modifications. In the Citadel Square, at the base of the tower, there is a relief of the tower dated 1770-1774. The tower also has a strategic role providing a 360-degree view of the area. The tower has housed three clocks, the first of which dates back to the 17th century. Its mechanism was assembled by the Czech craftsman Jacob in 1628 and was operated by stone weights. These are preserved in the Maramureș County Museum of History and Archaeology, as is the mechanism of the second clock. The current mechanism is the original one and was restored in 2015. The tower bell dates back to 1925 and weighs 2.2 tons.
Ready, just after the wooden door we found the stairs, which were also very narrow but spectacular.
A lot of stairs, until I managed to get to the clock mechanism in the tower, a very old mechanism that has an amazing precision.
I almost forgot to tell you, just before reaching the clock mechanism in the tower we pass by the bell tower, a very large one, the person from whom I bought the entrance tickets warned me that at every fixed time the bell will ring and it is forbidden to be near it at that time.
Knowing this detail and seeing that there were still a few minutes until the fixed hour I went down some stairs and waited for the bell to ring, my god, I was so scared when it rang the first time, it made a deafening noise.
After a few more minutes we reached the top of the tower from where you can see the whole city of Baia Mare, even if I didn't have this tower in my list, it managed to surprise me in a pleasant way.
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P.S. The attached picture you have just seen are taken by me with my mobile phone(Samsung Galaxy S21), and the text is also designed by me.
