This is a gallery of photographs taken in and around Medias in the summer of 2009 (68 photos in total). As I look back on these photos, it’s interesting to see how the town has changed and stayed the same during this time. It’s definitely changed since 2006, when I took these other photos. Enjoy!

Medias, Romania

Houses and villas from the city of Medias, Romania, on a bright summer day.

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An older apartment building on a bright summer day, Medias, Romania.

Margarethenkirche, Medias, Romania

Historic district, Medias, Romania

Medias Medieval Festival

Medias, Romania

Medias, Romania

Medias, Romania

A distant hillside visible from inside the historic city center in Medias, Romania. The rooftop of one of the old German houses is visible in the foreground.

Medias, Romania

A man walks down a street in the historic city center, Medias, Romania.

Historic district, Medias, Romania

Medias, Romania

Historic district, Medias, Romania

A cityscape of the city of Medias, Romania, showing some of the city’s apartment buildings.

Medias, Romania

Historic district, Medias, Romania

Medias, Romania

Medias Medieval Festival

Old brick chimneys on the roof of one of the old houses in the historic city center, Medias, Romania.

Historic district, Medias, Romania

Houses and villas from the city of Medias, Romania, on a bright summer day.

A cityscape of the city of Medias, Romania, showing the older, medieval buildings of the city. The clocktower is indeed leaning.

Historic district, Medias, Romania

Relics from communist times, Medias, Romania

Doesn’t this fellow look like the mutt from “Lady and the Tramp”?

Historic district, Medias, Romania

Inside Margarethenkirche, Medias, Romania

Medias, Romania

Medias, Romania

Margarethenkirche, Medias, Romania

Historic district, Medias, Romania

Dusk, a watch tower at the Roth school, Medias, Romania.

Historic district, Medias, Romania

The towers of the medieval city of Medias, Romania are visible in the distance on a bright summer day. Houses and villas from downtown can also be seen.

Medias, Romania

Historic district, Medias, Romania

Inside the medieval city walls, Medias, Romania

Walking in the city of Medias, Romania, on a clear summer night. The city’s main clock tower is visible above the rooflines of the buildings in the foreground.

Medias, Romania

Walking in the city of Medias, Romania, on a clear summer evening. The city’s main clock tower is visible above the rooflines of the buildings in the foreground.

Historic district, Medias, Romania

One of the towers marking an old medieval entrance to the fortified part of the city of Medias, Romania.

Historic district, Medias, Romania

Historic district, Medias, Romania

Margarethenkirche, Medias, Romania

I used the following cameras and lenses to take these photographs: an Olympus C770 UZ, a Nokia N95 (my mobile phone at the time), a Canon EOS 5D, a Canon EOS Rebel XTi, a Canon PowerShot G10, a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS lens and a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 lens.

Olympus Camedia C-770 UltraZoom

Nokia N95

Canon EOS 5D

Canon EOS Rebel XTi

Canon PowerShot G10

Canon EF 24-105mm f4L IS USM Lens

Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Lens