시비우 대광장(Piața Mare. Grand Square Sibiu. Large Square). 시비우(Sibiu)

시비우 대광장(Piața Mare. Grand Square Sibiu. Large Square).

시비우(Sibiu). 루마니아(Romania)

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The square exists since 1366, when the third fortification belt was completed.
It was mentioned in 1408 by Mathias Baldi who bought and repaired a stone house in the Large Square. In 1411 Mathia Tromenauer sells a stone house situated in this square to Nicolaus Jenkowitz. The same year, the square is mentioned in a document as a cereal market.
The northern flank was first formed by a construction belonging to the Guild of Tailors, erected in 1466 (one of its wings looking onto the Small Square) and other medieval houses.
During the Middle Ages, the square was the stage of the most important events of the city’s daily life, such as public gatherings but also executions.
The guards’ house was placed in front of the Haller House (at no. 10) until 1775 when the Guard was moved in Schmelius’s house, the residence of the commanding general.
The square has a maximum length of 142 m and a maximum width of 93 m.

Main events:

1703  In 1703, in this place is beheaded Committees Zabanius Johann von Sachs Harteneck

1724  Between 1724 and 1757, a “lunatics’ cage” (Narrenhausel) was placed in this square,

         in which those who disturbed the silence of the night were exhibited during day time.

         In 1757 it was relocated in the Small Square.

1753  The wooden stage installed in the square was dismantled for fear of fires.

1775  The passageway between the Large Square and the Schiller Square,

         built as early as 1558, was now widened (The General’s Hall, Generalloch);

1858  The first two hackney carriages appeared in the Large Square;

1862  Five lamps and an iron grid were installed around the statue of Nepomuk;

1868  Lime trees were planted in front of the Catholic Church;

1869  The two guard canons situated in front of the building situated at no. 7 were taken away;

1874  The Square was paved with granite stones and lime trees were planted

1950  In July 1950, the central part of the square was transformed in a green area and

         all the urban furniture pieces in the square were dismantled.

1984  The park which had been inauspiciously implanted in the central square of a city with

         a medieval mark was wiped off. In 1986 the statue of scholar Gheorghe Lazăr,

         produced by sculptor Radu Aftenie, was placed in the square

2005  The square entered a profound rehabilitation process.

         Within this process the statue of Gheorghe Lazar was demolished and

         replaced in 2006 with a smaller sized version of the first statue (it is 3.2 meters high),

         produced by the same sculptor. The iron grid fountain was recreated here and

         the square was paved with granite and stone pavement.

시비우 대광장의 규모는 13,206㎡ 이고, 트란실바니아 지역에서 제일 큰 도시이다.

도시의 눈이라고 불리기도 한다.

12세기부터 색슨족이 거리를 만들 때부터 시비우 대광장은 중심지였다.

시비우 대광장의 북쪽에는 1728년에 완공된 카톨릭 성당(Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church)이 있고, 1588년에 완성된 시계탑도 있다.

소광장(Piața Mică, Small square)으로 통하는 시계탑 터널이 있고 소광장에 있는 카페는 저녁이 되면 많은 청년들도 붐빈다. 또한 5월부터 9월까지 클래식축제, 아동극축제, 자동차경주대회 등 크고 작은 축제들이 많이 열린다.

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