Research made me do it, include myths, legends, and stories, some from Bistrita County, in Dreamland, my latest book: the legend of the Knight’s stone slab, the imposing tower of the Evangelical Church, and Bram Stoker’s Borgo Pass: Tihuta Pass.
Continue reading “Myths, Legends, and Stories from Bistrita, in Dreamland”Gothic and Whimsy, the Pharmacy Museum of Sibiu
Gothic and whimsy, once named At the Black Bear, the Pharmacy Museum of Sibiu is a wondrous place tucked behind a bowed wooden door sheltered by the Small Square’s vaulted loggias.
Continue reading “Gothic and Whimsy, the Pharmacy Museum of Sibiu”The Medieval and Legendary Small Square of Sibiu
I met the medieval, legendary, and quaint Small Square at night time, in the Citadel of Sibiu. Once part of the medieval city walls and of the second fortification of Sibiu, Hermannstadt, (built after the Mongol invasion), today it’s quiet, keeping to the shadows, taking shelter behind its many archways. The picturesque Small Square looks shy of new visitors. But as my footsteps echoed on its cobblestones, its fabulous history came alive in front of my eyes.
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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.
Continue reading “A Studded Gothic Door and a Medieval Door Lock, Evangelical Church Sibiu”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.
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