Laslea

The commune is situated towards the center of the Transylvanian Plateau. It is located in the northeastern part of Sibiu County, on the border with Mureș County. It lies on the banks of the river Laslea, which discharges into the Târnava Mare near the village Laslea.

National road DN14 runs just north of the commune. The closest cities are Sighișoara, 13 km (8.1 mi) to the east, and Mediaș, 28 km (17 mi) to the west; the county capital, Sibiu, is 83 km (52 mi) to the southwest.

At the 2011 census, Laslea had 3,327 inhabitants. Of those, 61% were Romanians, 30% Roma, 7.5% Germans, and 1% Hungarians. At the 2002 census, 76.2% were Romanian Orthodox, 7.2% Pentecostal, 5.7% Evangelical Lutheran, 5.2% Seventh-day Adventist, 2.6% Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession, and 1.2% Baptist.

In 2006, the Prince of Wales bought and restored two 18th-century Saxon houses in the villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years and promote sustainable tourism.

The buildings have been sensitively restored and converted into guesthouses for tourists. They remain in keeping with the surrounding architecture and feature a number of Transylvanian antiques but with modern facilities where possible.

The renovation of these buildings has helped provide a sustainable future for the people of rural Transylvania while also enabling residents to maintain their traditional way of life.

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  Exterior
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  The apse
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  15th-century altar
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  Apse ceiling
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  Jesus with the Cross on the Via Dolorosa (apse)
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  Hungarians saints: Bishop Gellert, King Ladislaus I, unknown, King Stephen I, his son Prince Emericus
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  Hanging of Judas
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  Ceiling. Around the keystone, from bottom left (cw): birth of Jesus, Annunciation, the four Evangelists, Presentation in the Temple, ?
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  Mark the Evangelist (ceiling)
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  The Last Supper and Christ washing the apostles' feet

• Ghelința, St. Emeric Church: 13th-century murals
• Church on the Hill (Sighișoara), 14th-16th century murals
• Dârjiu, church murals from 1419