On a hill of the Zekesh highlands stands the church of Țapu. The oval curtain wall, but also the river stone masonry speak for an edification before the time of firearms. According to the Gothic sculpture, the church was built around 1400. The ring wall, which is still over six meters high, bears traces of a two-story battlement. On the inside, you can see embrasures and holes for the beams that supported the battlement. In 1625, the Gothic windows of the hall were removed and possibly the tower was taken down. That a tower stood here can be seen from the thickness of the walls that close the rectangular space between the choir and the hall. The second reconstruction took place in 1838: a porch on the north side – in front of the present entrance – was built, the west portal was walled up and an unadorned south portal was created. In the Middle Ages a chapel was attached to the southern castle wall, which was demolished in 1852; its stones were used to build a new school. The simply furnished church reflects the once weak economic conditions of the village. The simple Baroque altar was added in 1712.
Activities
In the summer of 2021, the Saxon hometown community of Țapu leased the fortified church for an initial period of ten years. During this time, measures are to be implemented to preserve and repair the historic monument.
