Historic buildings
City walls
Sibiu city walls can be seen in six areas, namely: - The outer wall of defense - on Coposu Boulevard can be seen the third ring of fortification. The wall is separated from the roadway by a green area. It was first created in 1791 between the Haller Bastion and Gros Tower, being extended to Bastion Cisnadiei. The outer wall of defense is pierced by three points vaulted semicircular between Union Square and the Gros Tower. At the intersection of Gheorghe Lazar Street and Coposu Boulevard the wall...
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Council Tower
Council Tower from Sibiu is one of the most famous monuments in the city. Under it is a gang that makes the transition between the Small and the Large Square. For the first time mentioned in 1324 and its name comes from the fact that defend the entrance gate to the second site. In nearby, where the past is building housed the mayor of Sibiu.
Since the initial construction of the kernel was kept up to the height of the first floor, over time undergone several changes. In 1585 the upper...
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Cisnadiei Gate Tower
Cisnadiei Gate Tower Sibiu was built in the fourteenth century. It is located above Gate Cisnadiei, its role being to protect the gateway to the city.
Turkish attacks in the mid fifteenth century led to strengthening the fortifications of the city and better organization for defending the city. The four gates of the city were given to affluent and well organized guilds to be defensed. Gate Cisnadiei was allocated to butchers guild.
Cisnadiei Gate in 1594 was turned into ruins by...
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House with decorations
House with decorations in Sibiu, built in the eighteenth century, was called by the inhabitants of Sibiu, in the next century of its creation, „At the virgine of stones”. Caryatides is an architectural support column used in place about the statue as represented by a woman. The building stands out in particular due to the two caryatids at the entrance.
In the building previously lived in the city most famous silversmith Sebastian Han. After his death the house was built wit...
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