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NR 1, Padurea Dumbrava Street Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania
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Sibiu-Medieval City-Oct.19 - Part 3
... on Golden Eagles and I knew he would have loved a picture. I did take a picture of a cow for one of my other nephews Rory, as he loves cows of all sorts. I knew he would love seeing a Romanian cow.
The first official record of Sibiu (or Hermannstad as it was known in the medieval Saxon period) was in 1191. However, it is likely that Sibiu was built on or near the early Roman settlement of Caedonia. Transylvania was known ...
Biertan the Fortified Church-Oct. 19-Part 2
... Prisoner Tower. The legend is that when a husband and wife wished to divorce, they were imprisoned in this tower as punishment. "The husband and wife that wanted to break the marriage were locked inside this tower, where they had only one bed, one table, one plate, one set of covers, one glass. It is no longer known for how long the husband and wife were locked in there, but it is said that there was only one divorce in 300 years."
I won't ...
Following Saxons' trail
... to Biertan, as we were advised by Lonely Planet to save it for the end. Not as impressive as Viscri as I would rate it, but a good summing up of the Saxon trip. In this 15th century old church we found the formidable lock on one of the doors - a mechanism that we though no one ever would dream of breaking. You can see that in one of the photos below.
Our accomodation for today was Sibiu, the European Capital of ...
Three days of mountains, salt water and fresh air
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After that we started heading back down, stopping a few times on the road to take beautiful pictures of the Romanian country side and to nibble on our Kalac. When we ...
Transilvania
... de la chaine des Fagaras, centre pieton et colore, jeunesse dans les rues, innombrables cathedrales au profils divers, reflet de la mosaique de peuples qui occupent la region (roumains, hongrois, allemands, tsiganes) . Un peu fatigues, notre couverture photographique est plutot maigre, puisse t on en etre excuses.
On y retrouve Jutka et Andrei, devant le musee ou ce dernier travaille ...



