The Rope Makers' Tower is part of the old fortification on top of the hill.
Its role was to defend - together with the Goldsmith's Tower - the north-west corner of the hill. It
is believed that the tower is one of the oldest buildings in Sighisoara, dating from the 13th century.
Its foundations are on the pre-Saxon citadel walls; the tower has a simple square plan. Nowadays the
tower is the home of the guardian of the Evangelic cemetery on the hill.
