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A very short hystorical and geographical introduction into Romania, Transylvania and Sibiu from its beginning in paleolitic times to daco-romans until the present days.

All subjects will be explained in chronological order while visiting the sites.

Small Square (1)

• Luxembourg House – The Residence of the Culture Capital of Europe Sibiu – Luxembourg in 2007
• Liars Bridge – the first iron cast bridge in SE of Europe and its interesting legends
• Butchers’ Hall – The National Art Galleries today
• Fresco Room – the oldest frescoes in Sibiu
• Goldsmiths’ Tower – the most important craftsman in Sibiu
• Pharmacy Museum – with the collection of Samuel Hahnemann, the father of homeopathy in the world
• Tanners’ Passage – used in case of the attacks
• The Old Council – the former town hall of the city
• The Council Tower – the main entrance in the old city, the grain warehouse and the prison

Optional – Descending into the lower part of the historical center.

• Dragons’ Market – main local market of the Saxons craftsman
• Astronomer’s House – the oldest paintings of the astronaut
• The Nursing Home – The first hospital in Romania
• Golden Barrel – the first restaurant in Romania
• The First Factory of Beer in Romania
• Labors’ Prison – the city jail for civic duty
• Cibin Market – the traditional local market with authentic products of the peasantry
• The Wine Fair – important cattle fair in the 16^th century
• Stairs Passage – known “the Wall with needles” that separates the Lower Town from the Upper Town with an impressive fortified wall.
• The Third and the Forth Raw of Fortification of the city from the 14^th and 15^th centuries.
• The Oldest Streets, Gates and Towers of the city

Huet Square

• Protestant Parish Church of the Evangelical Lutherans
• Joynermen House – the most important school of crafts in Europe
• Café Wien – the Evangelical Consistory district
• Brukenthal Gymnasium – the first school in Romania
• Evangelical Cathedral – with the biggest organ in South East of Europe
• The Rest Cornel – used for punishing the rowdies, drunk people and others
• The Oldest Chapel in Sibiu – closed to the first library in Romania
• The Priests’ Tower – which existed a long time ago in the city

Small Square (2)

• Hermes House – unique Ethnographic Museum in Romania with non – European collection.
• Shoemakers’ Passage
• Locksmiths’ Passage
• Catholic Parsonage and Nepomuk Statue
• Town Hall – the first Pharmacy in Romania and the former Land Bank in the city

Big Square

• Ruthless executions, military parades, craft center, important European fests, balls and carnavals – very spicy stories
• Infamy Pillar and Grain Cellars
• The Old Fountain of the city
• Statue of Gheorghe Lazar – the initiator of the modern Romanian literature
• The Jesuit Seminary – first highschool in the city
• Catholic Church – special built for the Habsburg Empire
• Brukenthal Museum –  the first museum in Europe and the first baroc building
• Statue of Samuel von Brukenthal – the only Saxon guvernator of Transylvania within the Habsburg domination
• Generals’ House – where lived the Habsburg generals and the Saxon magistracy
• Haller House, Hecht House – former houses of the important the mayors of the city
• Lutch House – where were received the kings of Europe in the 14 th century

Nicolae Balcescu Street – *Corso*

• Roman King Hotel – the first hotel in Romania
• Headquarters of Astra Association – the saving generation of the Romanian Literature, Culture and Religion
• The first Romanian Typography
• The Diet of Transylvania
• The third Lighted City in the Austro – Hungarian Empire
• The second Omnibus in the world
• Old Gate Tower – The main entrance in the city in the 14^th century

Mitropoliei Street

• History Museum – the former Town Hall of the city
• Reformed Church – the Calvinist Community in Sibiu
• The Fests’ Passage – used for the best Balls and carnavals of the city
• House with Caryatids – impressive baroc architecture in Transylvania
• Memorial House of Zaharia Boiu – with a rich past into Romanian literature
• Banca Albina – the first Romanian Bank in Transylvania
• Theological Seminary – the first Theology University
• Orthodox Cathedral – The Mitropolis of Transylvania
• Andrei Saguna – The most important figure for Romanians in Transylvania

ASTRA Park and Unirii Square

Astra Park with prominent representatives of forty-eighters generation, the Romanian fighters for their rights and the modern period in the city.

Cetatii Street

• Gunsmiths’, Potters’ and Carpenters’ Towers – the most beautiful street
• Fat Tower, Thalia Hall –  the first Theatre in Romania
• The Death Gate – that lead to the former Evangelic Cemetery of the city
• The Pond of the Witches – the spicy of the day!
• Haller Bastion – the older maternity in the city
• Natural History Museum – the richest and the oldest collection in Romania
• Youth Park – the walk of fame
• Other Gates, Towers, Walls & Bastions from the third and the fifth Raw of Fortification
• The house where the President of Romania spent his childhood

Arhivelor Street

• House of Martin Hochmeister – important mayor and typographer
• Statue of Friedrich Schiller – German dramatist writer and physicist
• The National Archives – with the oldest Saxon documents from Transylvania

Other possible subjects

• The real story of Dracula
• Curiosities and superlatives about Sibiu and Romania
• Remarkable personalities from Sibiu and Romania
• Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian Communist President
• Klaus Johannis, Romanian President