Young since 1191 - Sibiu Turism

Sibiu Young since 1191
Sibiu was first mentioned in documents in 1191, under the name of Cibinium.
In 1223 Sibiu is mentioned under the name of Vila Hermanni, a rural type of
dwelling. The disaster caused by the Tartar raids between 1241 and 1242 led to
the acknowledgment that the dwelling needed to be reinforced. Fortification
works thus began and extended during the next centuries so that in the 15 th
century Sibiu became one of the best defended fortresses in Transylvania. The
first hospital on the present day territory of Romania opened in 1292 in the
Asylum Church, a building still existing today. In 1366 Sibiu is mentioned for
the first time under the name of Hermannstadt.
The fortress’s resistance facing the Ottoman attacks in 1438 caught
the attention of the entire Europe. Pope Eugene the 4 th called the
city of Sibiu a “defender of the entire Christianity”.
In the 15 th century, the economical and social life and the
most important events of the fortress unwound around
the three squares: the Small Square, the Large Square
and the Huet Square. They were extremely well defined
from a structural and social point of view: the houses
of merchants and craftsmen were situated in the
Small Square whereas the imposing houses of
the city elite dominated the Large Square.
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