Rupea

 city, town, city centre

Rupea (German: Reps, Hungarian: Kőhalom), is a town in Braşov County, Transylvania.
Total population in 1992: 6326. Ethnic composition: Romanians: 4331 (68.4%), Hungarians: 1428 (22.8), Roma: 371 (5.8%), Germans: 193 (3.0%).
Rupea, Cohalm earlier, Holuma, (in Räppes Saxon dialect, German Reps, Rupes, Kuhalme, Hungarian Kohalom) is a city in Brasov, Transylvania, Romania.
It has a population of 5760 inhabitants.
It was Dacian settlement (Rumidava) and later during the Roman occupation, the name was changed in Rupes (rock or stone - in Latin).
Fortress Rupea ridicatǎ Cohalm Hill, overlooking the upper town, was construitǎ and extinsǎ centuries XIV-XVII century, the fortress and refuge for the surrounding villages. At the present time ruinǎ stage. The walls forming four chambers, and there being reinforced with polygonal towers, circulation is controlatǎ several interior doors compartimenteazǎ all fortified. Centralǎ enclosure is provided with a small footprint (germ Ruckzugsturm) heavily fortified tower, which serves as the ultimate refuge in a castle or burg. and a chapel.
Evanghelicǎ-Luteranǎ church in town is a Gothic building dating from room type XIV, XVI, with murals in var.