Patricia Furstenberg, Author of Dreamland and Other Books
Travel Through Books
Join me in climbing the seven floors of medieval Council Tower of bewitching Sibiu, located in the heart of Transylvania. We’ll squeeze our shoulders and bow to history as we’ll make our way up, up, up, but slowly, along a narrow spiraling stone staircase. We’ll pause to gather our wits and breath deeply before climbing …
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Once part of the medieval city walls, the medieval and legendary Small Square of Sibiu is quaint and quiet, yet its fabulous history came alive in front of my eyes.
What can be more intriguing than a studded gothic door with a Medieval door lock found inside the Evangelical Church Sibiu as well as a story – how else! – for the exciting Thursday Doors weekly challenge.
Look past the contemporary photos of Goldsmiths Square Sibiu to discover the life of a medieval village at the time of the Mongol invasion of 1241 through a medieval story.
As we wandered on the thousand years old Targului Street in Sibiu and snapped both eerie and cheerful photos I imagined how life must have been for the Saxons who built the first wooden houses here, during Medieval Era.