Sibiu, Romania cover page. |
Map of Romania with the star indicating Sibiu. |
Town Council Tower in Sibiu's Piata Mare (Big Square) was the entry gate to a 13th c. fortress. |
More buildings seen from Piata Mare. |
Buildings and a clock tower as seen from Piata Mare. |
Close-up of the clock tower. |
Another shot of the prominent building. Do you see Kale's head by the door? |
I am walking to check out the fabulous doorway of the building! |
Here, I am showing off the doorway! |
I'm looking sad because I was wishing I lived there! |
Coat of arms over the doorway. |
Close-up of coat of arms over the doorway. |
Entrance to Sibiu's Evangelical Cathedral. |
In front of the cathedral is the statue of Georg Daniel Teutsch, Bishop of Sibiu (erected 1899). |
Pews facing the alter of the Evangelical Cathedral. |
Interior art in the Evangelical Cathedral. |
More art inside the Evangelical Cathedral. |
An interior vault in the cathedral. |
Doorway of a house with cariatides (1786) in Sibiu. |
Close-up of one of the cariatides. |
Clocktower with a beautiful tile roof. |
View of the towers of the Metropolitan Orthodox Cathedral (built between 1902-1906). |
Another angle of the Metropolitan Orthodox Cathedral. |
Front view of the Metropolitan Orthodox Cathedral. |
View of a tower down a Sibiu street. |
A closer view of the tower down a Sibiu street. |
Main pedestrian street in Old Town section of Sibiu. |
A Victorian looking house in Sibiu. |
View of Sibiu's Brukenthal Museum. It has an extensive array of Romanian and Western art. |
Modern sculpture in front of the Brukenthal Museum. |
More beautiful Sibiu architecture! |
What Sibiu's Hotel Continental (where I stayed) lacks in charm, it makes up for with amenities! |