House of Apprentices

A fost ridicată în anul 1806 pe un promontoriu fiind zidită din cărămidă. Planul bisericii din Oprea Cîrțișoara, dedicată hramului „Sf. Nicolae”, este compus din pronaos, naos și altar. Biserica este decorată în interior cu picturi murale foarte apreciată de specialiștii iconografi.

Monument istoric. La început a fost o mică biserică ridicată din lemn. În secolul XIX, numărul credincioşilor crescuse mult, iar bisericuţa devenise neîncăpătoare. Astfel, în 1821 localnicii din CÎRȚIȘOARA au reuşit să ridice o biserică mai falnică din piatră de râu, după un plan analog al bisericii din Oprea Cîrțișoara. Pictura murală a fost realizată de unul dintre cei mai renumiţi pictori ai vremii, Nicolae Grecu din familia zugravilor Grecu. Personajele sale sunt dinamice şi pitoreşti, în funcţie de scene şi plasarea icoanelor acestea întruchipează roluri moralizatoare. Una din atracţiile principale ale bisericii este uşa de intrare minuţios lucrată în lemn şi păstrată încă de la sfinţirea bisericii.

Located between the two most important city squares, more precisely at the northeastern corner of the Great Square, the Council Tower has always been the distinctive symbol of Sibiu. The name of the tower comes from its defense function, which was to protect the entrance gate of the second enclosure, built in the immediate vicinity of the building that housed the city hall of Sibiu. The tower was mentioned in a document from 1324. Being part of the second ring of defense, it collapsed partially in 1585, following an earthquake. Today, the ground floor and the first two levels belong to the original construction built in the 13th century. In 1588, the tower was rebuilt with the help of the city’s citizens. In 1720, the magistrate ordered the watchmen to beat their drums every half an hour, to match the clock’s bell. The roof changed its appearance over time, from a short, pyramidal one to the tall octagonal pyramid, flanked by four turrets that served as a display of the city's right of judgement. The current shape of the tower dates from the rebuilding works carried out between 1824 and 1826. After climbing the stairs to the top, the Council Tower offers a wonderful view of the entire city. To the north is the Cibin River, and the Tower of the Evangelical Parish Church looming over the upper city.

The Brukenthal Museum is a special institution because it is the first museum established in Romania and Central Europe, in 1817. It owes its existence to one of the most important personalities in Transylvania: Baron Samuel von Brukenthal, the governor of the province in the second half of the eighteenth century.  The Brukenthal Palace and the Baron's collections are the core of today's Brukenthal National Museum, its gates opened to the public since its founding by the testament of its founder.  A visit to the museum is not limited to a single building and to a unique specialization: it becomes a journey presenting multiple aspects of the past and the present, in their metamorphosis. A metamorphosis mirrored into a wide array of objects displayed on 10,000 m2 of exhibitions, of which 5,500 represent new and recently refurbished spaces.  Initially displaying the European painting collection of Baron Samuel von Brukenthal in a single building, today the museum hosts a great diversity of valuable collections in nine buildings. Five of them are palaces built at different times: the earliest building (with foundation elements from the 13th century) is part of the architectural complex hosting the History Museum, while the latest is from 1901, hosting the Contemporary Art Gallery.

Over the years, Sibiu was the witness and beneficiary of the extraordinary contribution brought by numerous cultural and artistic personalities who helped develop the city as we know it today. Each of these personalities has a distinctive and astonishing story that connects him/her to Sibiu’s destiny and remains woven into the intimate fibre of the community. Sibiu was a medieval citadel which couldn’t be conquered. There is a pedestrian alley between the first and the second guard walls that connects the first theatre ever built on the Romanian territory in 1788 with the „Barracks 90”, where the future theatre will be built. This Walk of Fame was born between the past and the future, adding each year new significant names of the world of theatre, dance and art shows. The Walk of Fame, opened in the summer of 2013 by the Municipality with the occasion of the 20th anniversary edition of the International Theatre Festival of Sibiu, is thought as a permanent location of celebration and recognition of these contributions, as well as a tribute to the accomplishments in the cultural and artistic field of Sibiu or related to it. Although inspired by the famous Walk of Fame from Hollywood, the Walk of Fame from Sibiu is thought as a cultural event, which gives it its own personality, as well as a tourist attraction conferring uniqueness to the site. The first seven stars were awarded to the following personalities: Ariane Mnouchkine Director Eugenio Barba Director Sasha Waltz Choreographer Silviu Purcărete Director Declan Donnellan Director George Banu Theatre Personality Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII (post mortem) Kabuki Actor

Este Casa Parohială Evanghelică, care încorporează substanţă murală din vechea casa parohială din secolul XIII. Elevaţia casei este databilă în secolul XV, remarcabil fiind portalul atribuit pietrarului Andreas Lapicida, ilustrativ pentru goticul târziu cu influenţe de renaştere timpurie. Blazonul este al preotului Johannes din Alţîna datat 1502.

The building at no. 5 from Huet Square is a public building erected in 1786 without being altered until the present day. The construction was performed after the demolition of a building of the 14th century, which served as an elementary school for the town in 1380. The new location complied with the needs of the secondary and high school education legislated by the imperial government. The building has a baroque style, including a „cathedra” in the theatre of the high school, a monumental wooden structure with lecterns and baldachin designated for the presence of the high school’s rector with the occasion of the school ceremonies, authentic furniture, possibly unique in Romania. Nicolaus Olahus, Alderman Harteneck of the Saxons, Governor Brukenthal, Romulus Cîndea, Emil Sigerus, Julius Bieltz and many others have studied at the Brukenthal High School.

Infiintat in 1973, la initiativa unui grup de fotografi amatori, fotoclubul Orizont din Sibiu s-a manifestat la inceput destul de timid prin expozitii personale si colective modeste. Cu timpul organizatia a evoluat intrand in circuitul national si apoi international al miscarii fotografice. Astfel, in palmaresul fotoclubul Orizont s-au strans peste 500 de premii si peste 2000 de participari la saloanele fotografice internationale (si nationale). Printre membri marcanti gasim nume ca: Gh. Lazaroiu, Fred Nuss, Dan Stanescu, Horst Buchfelner, Adrian Velicescu, Otto Schemmel, Roland Zinck, Peter Ehrlich, Peter Roth, Gabriel Holam, Adrian Gugiu, Mircea Halcea, Jurgen Petrascu, Mircea Agabrian, Michael Kapp, Karl Klein, Mircea Pleteriu, Maria-Dora Popescu, Alexandru Ghitiu, Radu Stanese, Mircea Colceriu, Gheorghe Tulban, Vasile Cardei. Incepand din 1982 fotoclubul Orizont organizeaza din doi in doi ani “Salonul International de Arta Fotografica” de la Sibiu. Statisticile ne arata ca incepand de la prima editie din 1982 au fost jurizate peste 15 000 de lucrari fotografice venite din toata lumea. Numai in anul 2003 cu ocazie editiei cu numarul 10 au fost primite 2176 fotografii dintre care 615 au fost acceptate in salon. Pe langa alte evenimente fotografice (expozitii, proiecte), continuand traditia saloanelor, fotoclubul orizont pregateste evenimentul din 2005. (urmariti www.orizontfoto.ro pentru viitoare detalii legate de acest concurs) Incepand din anul 2000 cativa tineri pasionati de fotografie au incercat cu succes sa gaseasca persoane cu preocupari comune. Cu sprijinul Casei de Cultura Studentesti din Sibiu, intalnirile lor s-au concretizat si au revigorat miscarea fotografica locala.

Corneliu Coposu Avenue is entirely located in the ditch of the South-Eastern side of the 3rd precincts. On the right side of the avenue, coming from Andrei Şaguna Street (DN1), there is a part of the guard wall, on the left side there is a relatively intact Vauban fortification, with the Cisnădiei Gate Bastion, the Thick Tower and the Haller Bastion. The wall is crossed by several modern passages for the facilitation of pedestrian traffic. It is worth mentioning the so called „Plaque Hole” at the end of Ghe. Lazăr Street, flanked by two massive pilasters from the end of the 19th century, used in the precincts wall to facilitate the evacuation of bodies during the plague epidemic of the 16th century, to enable access to the city cemetery. Behind the Vauban fortification you can see the upper side of the three towers on Cetăţii Street, preserved intact from the walls of the 3rd original precincts’ fortification.