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Sibiu in contrast is an open and delicate city filled with brightly colored buildings with contrasting trim from the Rococo. It is a Saxon town. There were several Saxon border towns of on the frontier at the very edge of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. |
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This cheerful square is the town center and much of the International Theatre Festival of Sibiu took place here in the street. |
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It is a city in the middle of a radical change, yet the old and the new seen to live in harmony. In 1989, much of the population of these cities fled to Germany and an easier life, leaving the towns deserted. Little by little the Romanian people have been taking them over, restoring them and recreating the beautiful town. It is now a preserved Unesco City. |
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There are lots of wide cobblestoned paved walking streets with charming cafés. In the roof line of nearly every house are the “Eyes of Sibiu.” “The Eyes of Sibiu,” were initially for ventilation, but later were for the defense of the town. Weapons were kept ready by the open windows in case of an attack. |
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Rumor has it that if you tell a lie and walk over this bridge, you will fall to your death. It is now a popular place for lovers to go and make vows of fidelity. It crosses over the old city wall, with only one road leading in from below. |
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Beyond the Bridge of Lies, is the old lower city. It is hoped to restore this too, but it is a race against time. There is not enough money for the restoration and it is still years and years of work while the buildings begin to collapse. |
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The exhibition that was put on by the Costume Working Group was in the Astra Museum in the small square. It as also the location of the seminars and the parade preparation. |
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The archways beneath the old clock tower lead the way from the small square to the large square in the old section of Sibiu. |
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Protestant churches are referred to as Evangelical. This was a Cathedral turned into a Lutheran Church. |
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This is an old brick archway from medieval times that bridges the outer and inner fortification walls of the old city. |
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Many families live in a house such as this with a plain rectangular door set within a rounded door leading to an inner courtyard for the horses and carriages. |
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Often the stone facades give way to wooden interior structures. |
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Most of the buildings are made of stone or stucco, but they have wooden balconies that wear out faster than the houses do. |
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The old and the new seem to live at ease with each other. The folk traditions are kept up in the smaller cities. This young boy is dressed in the typical attire of Sibiu, with a hat that looks similar to a sugarloaf hat from Elizabethan times or a steeple hat from from the days of the Puritans. |
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As the sun sets the crowds gather to see street theatre performed in the Large Square. Groups from France, Japan, Italy, the Czech Republic , Israel and others come to perform at the Sibiu International Theatre Festival. |
