The Secret Shoemakers Passage, Pasajul Pantofarilor, Sibiu

I’ll show you where to look to discover the concealed Shoemakers Passage, Pasajul Pantofarilor, like a secret legend connecting early medieval Huet Square with the quaint Small Square in Sibiu.

23/03/202323/03/2023

Goldsmiths Square Sibiu, Contemporary Photos and the Story of a Medieval Mongol Invasion

Look past the contemporary photos of Goldsmiths Square Sibiu and discover the life of a medieval village at the time of the Mongol invasion of 1241, through a story.

17/03/202308/10/2023

Old Targului Street Sibiu Day-Night Walk Photos and 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 like for the Saxons who built the first wooden houses here during Medieval Era and wrote a story.

Sibiu started, as did our journey on my blog, on a small piece of land: Huet Square, Goldsmiths’ Square, and Targului Street.

With this blog post I join the beautiful & world-wide Thursday Doors weekly challenge hosted by Dan Antion, do have a look. Dan also read one of my poetry books about dogs, and I am grateful to him for sharing his candid thoughts.

09/03/202330/05/2024

Where to: Huet Square in Medieval Sibiu, Old Europe

Huet Square is the spot from which medieval Sibiu bloomed during the Middle Ages, when Europe was expanding and bursting its banks (population-wise) spilling eastwards. Mignon, magical, legendary, discover with me Huet Square Sibiu, the essence of legends.

21/02/2023

Legend of Rasinari, Resin City and a Roman Soldier’s Payslip

The legend of how Rășinari, the resin city by Sibiu, Transylvania, came to be named sprang to mind when I read about the meager payslip of a roman soldier – a 2 000 years old papyrus discovered during excavations at Masada. Yet some legends stem from life…