Piata Sfatului

The Council Square is located within the historical centre of Brasov, Romania. It acquired its right to maintain markets in 1520, however it's been the location for weekly and annual markets on the grounds that 1364, being visited through traders from the usa and abroad. It is surrounded by 18^th to 19th century houses, maximum of which can be historical monuments. A pillory, inside the middle of the rectangular, turned into used as a means for public humiliation, punishment and scorn.

Witches had been additionally punished right here, but the head of the shoemaker guild, Stefan Stenert, who adverse the access of the Austrian military into Brasov, become additionally beheaded right here in 1688. Until 1892, there had been wells within the square. The most essential building in the square is the former Council House, which become built in 1420 and is located inside the middle of the square. This now houses the Brasov County Museum of History. Around the primary rectangular is the picturesque pedestrian-handiest Republicii avenue, the Black Church, former Council House, indoor and outdoor terraces and restaurants, the Orthodox Church, Casa Muresenilor museum, Museum of Urban Civilization, and Hirscher House.