Laslea

Laslea
Commune
Apafi manor in Mălâncrav
Location of Laslea
Laslea Location of Laslea
Coordinates: 46°13′N 24°39′E / 46.217°N 24.650°E / 46.217; 24.650
Country	Romania
County	Sibiu County
Population (2011)[1]	3,248
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Laslea (German: Grosslasseln; Hungarian: Szászszentlászló) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Florești, Laslea, Mălâncrav, Nou Săsesc and Roandola.

At the 2011 census, 61% of inhabitants 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.

The apse

Villages

Mălâncrav is a village in Laslea commune. An asphalt road of 13 km leads to the village. In the village there is a small community of Transylvanian Saxons.

Here some of the most significant Gothic murals in Transylvania aside from those at Ghelința in Covasna County are found.

The Saxon Romanesque Lutheran church has early 14th-century Gothic murals in the apse. 15th-century ones are found in the nave and a 15th-century late Gothic altar.

In later centuries the Apafi family (Hungarian nobles in Transylvania) buried their dead in the church since they had overlordship in the village. Although the sarcophagi were removed (one of Mihaly Apafi is now in Budapest's Hungarian National Museum). The locality was not part of the autonomous Saxon territory Although until the 1970s when it was populated by Germans.

Prince of Wales and sustainable tourism

In 2006, The Prince of Wales bought and restored two 18th century Transylvanian 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.

Mălâncrav church gallery

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  Exterior
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  15th-century altar
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  The apse
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  Mark the Evangelist
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  Murals
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  Jesus with the Cross on the Via Dolorosa
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  Holy Hungarians, Bishop Gellert, Ladislaus I of Hungary, Unknown, Stephen I of Hungary, his son Holy Prince Emericus
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  Mural, Hanging of Judas
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  Murals
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  Murals, the Last Supper and Christ washing the apostles' feet

Sibiu County, Romania
Cities	Sibiu (county seat) Mediaș
Towns	Agnita Avrig Cisnădie Copșa Mică Dumbrăveni Miercurea Sibiului Ocna Sibiului Săliște Tălmaciu
Communes	Alma Alțâna Apoldu de Jos Arpașu de Jos Ațel Axente Sever Bazna Bârghiș Biertan Blăjel Boița Brateiu Brădeni Bruiu Chirpăr Cârța Cârțișoara Cristian Dârlos Gura Râului Hoghilag Iacobeni Jina Laslea Loamneș Ludoș Marpod Merghindeal Micăsasa Mihăileni Moșna Nocrich Orlat Păuca Poiana Sibiului Poplaca Porumbacu de Jos Racovița Rășinari Râu Sadului Roșia Sadu Slimnic Șeica Mare Șeica Mică Șelimbăr Șura Mare Șura Mică Tilișca Târnava Turnu Roșu Valea Viilor Vurpăr

Coordinates: 46°13′N 24°39′E / 46.217°N 24.650°E / 46.217; 24.650

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