<p class="MsoNormal">In the Transylvanian city of Sibiu, many baroque buildings rim the expansive Piata Mare (main square). Sibiu was named European Capital of Culture in 2007.</p><p>Read “At Home in . . . Transylvania?” in the October 2010 issue of <em>National Geographic Traveler.</em></p>

Piata Mare

In the Transylvanian city of Sibiu, many baroque buildings rim the expansive Piata Mare (main square). Sibiu was named European Capital of Culture in 2007.

Read “At Home in . . . Transylvania?” in the October 2010 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Photograph by Catherine Karnow

Transylvania

See photos from Transylvania, Romania, from the October 2010 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

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