Black Church (Biserica Neagra) Brasov

Curtea Honterus nr. 2, Brasov , Transylvania, Romania

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    Disney proudly presents

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    Today we woke up early heading south planning to visit two of the nearby castles. We were not expecting then to have two totally different feelings about each one of them. When looking at Bran castle, one might be confused why is has not yet been used by Disney to film another Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella. Exterior is not that impressive, but the …

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    OUT ALL NIGHT

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    ... in one week!  Could my weary brain handle it?  This time, it was in Brasov, Romania - a colorful Transylvanian city with a big black church and caramel pedestrian streets. "I'll never go to Romania." - self-pityingly said by Richard III, ...

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    Brasov

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    ... . Brasnov had a very beautiful cobbled main square and surrounding buildings all decorated in bright colours. Here we visited the gothic Black Church, caught the Tampa cable car to the stunning lookout over Brasov. We also teamed up with a few people ...

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    Transylvania

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    ... here. Brasov was also ruled by Germans in ancient times so there's a lot of German spoken in this town. I went through a church (Black Church) which had some great German artwork, and also a lot of Ottoman carpets when the area was taken over. The ...

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    Brasov

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    ... had to resort to drawing in the dirt with a stick to communicate! After that I explored the old town more and visited the Black Church, which was built around the 14th century, but a fire in the 16th century turned the walls black. There are still ...

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    Transylvania - In search of Dracula on Valentines.

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    ... first day touring around the medieval town before having to meet with what was left of my friends from Poland. I took a gander into the 'Black Church' as it was scorched over a hundred of years ago in a fire, it was typical to any other church at this ...

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    From Brasov with Bwahahahaha!

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    ... proudly declares "Brasov" in an obvious nod to Hollywood) but missed the last ride by a hair. I then tried to go into the "Black Church", but missed the final entry by 15 minutes. While I had most definitely been on top of my game the night before, I ...

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    Brasov and drive to Bucharest

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    ... of competition. We enjoyed the music and colorful costumes and the parade they made to another part of town, then went to the Black Church so-called because of a fire started by the Austrian army that occupied Brasov in 1689. The walls of the ...

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    Storms, floods, mozzies and a hard rural life

    ... . "Why did they have to build these castles in the mountains", he exclaimed. We chatted for a while and I toured the Black Church, called so after a fire blackened the stones. The restoration must have cleaned them because I saw no black stones! Toured ...

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    Short history

    ... , Podul Batusilor (today hosting the Cerbul Carpatin restaurant), The Old Granary (today the lovely Bistrot de l'Arte), the Black Church (14th century), and the St. Nicolae Church in Scheii Brasovului. The 14th century found the Turkish armies just ...

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    Krakow of Transylvania?

    ... , a Romanian chain that sells various types of tasty pastry like mini-croissants. South of Piata Sfatului, the Black Church is the main landmark of Brasov. It is said to be the largest Gothic church between Vienna and Istanbul. Again, like many other ...