VISCRI, Romania — Britain’s Prince Charles stepped into the Transylvanian countryside on Wednesday, touring medieval churches that have been vandalized with the hope of restoring them. He visited one 800-year-old church in the village of Drauseni, which he plans to help restore. The region has 250 medieval Saxon churches that belonged to Saxons or ethnic Germans. The prince regularly visits Romania and owns two properties in Transylvania. In 2015, he set up The Prince of Wales’ Foundation in Romania, a charity that supports the East European nation’s heritage, rural life and sustainable development.

Source: Washington Post May 31, 2017 11:49 UTC