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Sebeş

Alba County, Romania · Europe

About Sebeş

Sebeş is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Lancrăm, 4km from Râpa Roșie.

Sebeş is in Alba County, Romania, with about 27,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lancrăm, about 4 km away.

The Sebeș Lutheran church (Romanian: Biserica Evanghelică din Sebeș; German: Stadtpfarrkirche Mühlbach) is a Lutheran fortified church. It is located at 5 Piața Primăriei in the town center of Sebeș (Mühlbach), itself situated in Alba County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. The church was built by the ethnic

Read more German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary. Initially Roman Catholic, it became Lutheran following the Reformation.

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What is there to see near Sebeş?

Within an hour or so of Sebeş: Râpa Roșie (4 km), Sarmizegetusa Regia (42 km), Sibiu (48 km), Sibiu Piata Mare (48 km).

Are there any good drives near Sebeş?

The nearest famous roads are Transalpina, Pasul Urdele (Transalpina) and Transfagarasan (DN7C).

Where is Sebeş?

Sebeş is in Alba County, Romania, about 4 km from Lancrăm.

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Quick Information

Population
27,246
Continent
Europe
Country
Romania
Region
Alba County
Timezone
Europe/Bucharest
Coordinates
45.9565, 23.5710

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Romania

Police
112
Ambulance
112
Fire
112
Driving side
right

Rovinieta (road tax sticker) required for all national roads.

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Worth the detour from Sebeş

5 notable places within an hour's drive.

natural wonder

Râpa Roșie

An 800 m wall of red sandstone ravines up to 125 m high just north of Sebeș, eroded into organ-pipe pinnacles that glow crimson at sunset: Romania's 'little Grand Canyon', visible right from the approach road.

4 km · about 5 min drive

ancient ruins

Sarmizegetusa Regia

UNESCO-listed capital of the Dacian kingdom in the Orastie mountains, with a circular stone sanctuary and paved sacred road.

42 km · about 50 min drive

landmark

Sibiu

A beautifully preserved medieval Saxon city with pastel-colored houses featuring distinctive eye-shaped roof windows overlooking grand squares.

48 km · about 55 min drive

landmark

Sibiu Piata Mare

Main square of Sibiu's Saxon old town, surrounded by guild houses and connected to the Bridge of Lies and Council Tower.

48 km · about 55 min drive

castle

Corvin Castle

One of the largest and most impressive Gothic-Renaissance castles in Europe, perched above a river in Hunedoara, Romania.

58 km · about 65 min drive

Driving roads near Sebeş

4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.

  • 63 kmTransalpinaRomania's highest road reaching 2145m, even more remote and dramatic than its famous neighbor the Transfăgărășan, crossing wild Carpathian landscapes.
  • 64 kmTransalpina (DN67C)Romania's highest road at 2,145m at Urdele, a lonely ridge-running route over the Parang mountains.
  • 68 kmPasul Urdele (Transalpina)The highest point of the Transalpina at 2,145 m, open bare ridge country with sheepfolds and long views.

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