ROUTES: Sibiu - Must see

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1		THE EVANGELICAL CATHEDRAL When 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		NATIONAL HIGH-SCHOOL BRUKENTHAL The present day building was built on the spot of the old school of the town which was mentioned for the first time in 1380. This was also the first mention of a school on the present day...
3		THE TOWER OF THE STAIRS It is the oldest still standing building in Sibiu today, the gate of the first fortification circle of Sibiu. The historians claim a first form of fortification existed in this place already in...
4		THE BRIDGE OF LIES On the site of the present day Bridge of Lies until the midst of the 19th century there was a row of houses which divided the Small Square in two. Below this row of houses there was a curved...
5		THE HOUSE OF ARTS Before the stone house there was a wooden buiding here which had an economic role in the structure of the local guilds. The differentiation from the alignment of the rest of the houses is related...
6		THE COUNCIL TOWER Its history mingles with the one of the town. Its name has its origin in its vicinity with the town hall of the town when it was an acces gate. The gate was built in the second half of the 13th...
7		THE JESUITE MONASTERY The 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...
8		THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH The 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...
9		THE HALLER HOUSE In 1470 a first owner was mentioned, the Senator Hyeronimus Schneider. In 1500 the owner was the mayor Johann Agotha. In 1537 the house was owned by Petrus Haller, the mayor of the town but also a...
10		THE HECHT HOUSE One of the most important houses of this square has the name of Georg Hecht. If we take a walk in the Main Square it is very easy to notice that on two sides there are mostly houses of nobles and...
11		THE BRUKENTHAL PALACE The marriage of Samuel von Brukenthal with Sofia Klockner brought him as a inheritance the houses of her family, among them the house in the Main Square. His main palace was built on two parcels....
12		THE POTTERS’ TOWER In the 14th century Sibiu became a town (it was first mentioned as such in 1366). This transformation of the town led to the necessity of the extension of the fortified area, the town was desired...
13		THALIA HALL At the middle of the 18th century in 1752 in Sibiu theater was already performed on a wooden stage in the Central Square. Only in 1787 the magistrate of the town offered through his representative...
14		THE STATUE OF THE EMPEROR FRANCISC I In the 19th century the administration of the town of Sibiu completed a complex redimensioning program. The old fortifications of the medieval citadel were not efficient anymore and their removal...

14. THE STATUE OF THE EMPEROR FRANCISC I >> 15. THE HALLER BULWARK (20 total)

Head northeast toward Scara Bedeus (151m, 2 mins)
Turn left toward Strada Cetății
Take the stairs
(31m, 1 min)
Turn right toward Strada Cetății (15m, 1 min)
Turn left toward Strada Cetății (14m, 1 min)
Turn right at The State Philharmonics Sibiu - Thalia Concert Hall onto Strada Cetății
Pass by Pardon Cafe - Atelier & Studio (on the left in 47 m)
(151m, 2 mins)
At Sc Ortopedica Srl, continue onto Strada Pompeiu Onofreiu
Pass by Spitalul Clinic de Pediatrie Luther (on the right)
Destination will be on the right
(198m, 2 mins)

560m, 7 mins

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