| 1 |  | THE EVANGELICAL CATHEDRALWhen the importance of the role of the earl diminished in the 13th century the parish church of Sibiu is situated in the Huet Square having the Virgin Mary as titular saint. It is a Romanic style... |
| 2 |  | THE CHAPEL OF SAINT STEPHENThe legend, the history and the archeology indicate the existence of three chapels in the medieval period which were around the parish church with the aim to ensure the necessary places of worship... |
| 3 |  | THE CHURCH OF THE ASYLUMThe church of the asylum could be the first parish church of Sibiu. It is for sure that the church existed before all the others around. It seems that it was the first stone building in the area... |
| 4 |  | THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHThe comming of the Habsburgs in Transylvania meant the forced coming back of Catholicism. The fact that Sibiu was the capital of Transylvania and the administration was brought here brought also... |
| 5 |  | THE JESUITE MONASTERYThe local administration tried to make the Catholic actions difficult but the energy shown by Joseph Berdia, the first superior of the Jesuits in Sibiu, had as a result that the Jesuit monks had... |
| 6 |  | THE CHURCH OF THE URSULINE SISTERSThe name of the church has its origin in the order of the Ursuline nuns. At the beginning of the 18th century these began administering the site. The church had been built three centuries earlier... |
| 7 |  | THE FRANCISCAN CHURCH AND MONASTERYAround the year 1425 in the Upper Town the Clarissa nuns, the feminine rite of the Franciscans dedicated to Saint Clara, settled in the town of Sibiu. They built the first monastery in this part... |
| 8 |  | THE SYNAGOGUEThe Jewish Community of Sibiu was a small one but had a considerable financial force so that they managed to build a temple inside the medieval citadel on the North-Eastern side in the vicinity of... |
| 9 |  | THE CROSS CHAPELCrucifixul din interior a fost realizat de Peter Lantregren în 1417. Îl reprezintă pe Iisus suferind pe cruce. Acest crucifix a fost pierdut pentru secole, fiind regăsit în secolul al... |
| 10 |  | SAINT ELISABETH CHURCHThe Saint Elisabeth Church and the catholic orphanage built outside the medieval stronghold are the nucleus which led to the appearance of the first district outside the walls, Terezian. The... |
| 11 |  | THE CHURCH OF SAINT LUCAIn 1761 Maria Theresa accepted the appointment of a deputy of an orthodox bishop, the Serb priest Dionisie Novacovic. He tried to move his office inside the citadel of Sibiu. Here the Gubernat... |
| 12 |  | THE CHURCH AMONG THE FIR TREESThe Leopoldine diplomas issued at the beginning of the century developed a strong Greek Catholic community which until the legal confirmation of the Orthodox Church in Transylvania was the... |
| 13 |  | THE CHURCH OF SAINT JOHANNIn the year 1829, the provost of the village Neppendorf (today’s Turnişor quarter), Johann Engelleiter, leaves his entire fortune by testament to the Evangelical community of Sibiu for the... |
13. THE CHURCH OF SAINT JOHANN >> 14. FRANCISCAN MONASTERY (17 total)
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