The Council Square

The Council Square is located inside the historic centre of Bra?ov, Romania. It obtained its proper to preserve markets in 1520, however it has been the vicinity for weekly and annual markets considering the fact that 1364, being visited through traders from the usa and abroad. It is surrounded through 18th-19th century houses, maximum of which might be ancient monuments. A pillory, inside the center of the rectangular, become used as a way for public humiliation, punishment and scorn. Witches have been additionally punished right here, however the head of the shoemaker guild, Stefan Stenert, who opposed the access of the Austrian navy into Bra?ov, turned into additionally beheaded right here in 1688. Until 1892, there had been two wells within the rectangular.

The most critical constructing in the square is the former Council House which turned into constructed in 1420 and is positioned in the middle of the rectangular. This now houses the Bra?ov County Museum of History. Around the principle square is the picturesque pedestrian-simplest Republicii road, the Black Church, former Council House, indoor and outside terraces and eating places, the Orthodox Church, Casa Mure?enilor museum, Museum of Urban Civilization, and Hirscher House.