Built in 1488, St. Margaret’s Church in Medias, Romania, is the town’s most recognizable landmark, thanks to its leaning clock tower, which can be seen from miles away. Its tower dates from 1460, and left its originally vertical position due to some soil shifting. The photos shown below are from the church’s interior courtyard, inside its fortified walls.

A primary school is housed in its courtyard. I attended that school as a child, and have fond memories of playing in the courtyard, underneath a chestnut tree which is still there today.

Three other landmarks are inside the courtyard:

• The birthplace of S. L. Roth, one of the town’s most famous citizens
• Turnul Funarilor (the Rope-Makers’ Tower)
• A chapel with beautiful frescoes (located outside the church, inside one of the defense towers) — I plan to photograph it in the future, but you can see it from the outside in one of the photos below.

This is the main passageway that leads into the interior courtyard.

This is Turnul Funarilor (Rope-Makers’ Tower) and S. L. Roth’s place of birth (next to the tower). 

These are the school and the chestnut tree mentioned above.

This is the chapel/defense tower I mentioned earlier.

This is the defense tower from whence I took these photos.

And this is what it looks like inside.

One interesting feature of the clock tower is a little wooden figurine resembling a man, which has been affixed to its wall for centuries. It was rebuilt in the last century due to weather damage.