2 Days in Brasov

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The exterior is amazing, and when you open the door of imposing height, you will find impressive things.\n- It was built by the Saxon (German) community of the city and represents the main Gothic-style monument in the country\n- Construction began in 1383 and it was finished in 1476 ⛪️"},{"type":"link","content":"https://bisericaneagra.ro/en/"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_1_0.png?alt=media&token=b7ef7d63-602e-481f-9024-ab013b61fbd6"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_1_1.png?alt=media&token=49625079-dff6-4f77-acf5-fbb6418f9b3c"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_1_2.png?alt=media&token=038bae96-6602-4336-b6ab-cb9f06d8faed"}]},{"address":"CH9 Specialty Coffee, Curtea Honterus, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.64094049999999,"longitude":25.5873739},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- It is housed in an old restored house opposite the Black Church. \n- The space is beautifully arranged and the coffee is very good. "},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g2699686-d17611514-Reviews-CH9_Specialty_Coffee-Bras"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_2_0.png?alt=media&token=0996469f-45e0-4205-a466-48bbbf324127"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_2_1.png?alt=media&token=0706cef3-76ed-440e-81ac-73508b37a66a"}]},{"address":"Poarta Ecaterinei, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.6395187,"longitude":25.5860882},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- Catherine's Gate was built by the Tailors’ Guild, in 1559 for defensive purposes instead of an old gate destroyed by a flood in 1526. \n- It is named after St. Catherine's Monastery which was situated here in former times. \n- It is the only original city gate to have survived from medieval times. In fact, the central tower is only a part of the original gate; documents talk about the existence of a wooden structure that was demolished in 1827. \n- The original structure can be seen at the Weaver's Bastion where the large model of Brașov in 1600 is displayed."},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.brasovtour.com/atractii/monumente/Poarta-Ecaterinei"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_3_0.png?alt=media&token=c3be7369-f0b3-44bd-beee-c9f806659449"}]},{"address":"Poarta Șchei, Strada Poarta Schei, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.639155,"longitude":25.5863867},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- It was built between 1827 and 1828 in order to let through heightened traffic. \n- The much bigger Catherine's Gate was demolished at the same time (1827), with the exception of the tower of the exterior gate, which was used as storage."},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_4_0.png?alt=media&token=348a0bc6-22a7-4b4b-9a06-cf49854a32f7"}]},{"address":"Sinagoga Beit Israel Brașov, Strada Poarta Schei, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.63962739999999,"longitude":25.5876229},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- Although practitioners of Judaism had lived in Brașov as early as the 15th century, they did not receive an official settlement permit until 1807.\n- The Brașov Jewish community, which initially comprised four families, was formed in 1826. They initially used the Chapel Street Hospital, established by Saxon Lutherans, as a religious building.\n- From 1856, the community's house of worship was in the Joiner-Zwinger, at the site of the later reformed church.\n- The construction began in 1899 and it was finished 2 years later, in 1901.\n- Brașov was the first Saxon city in which Jewish merchants also played a role: They wrote a petition which later allowed Jews to settle in other cities in Transylvania."},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_5_0.png?alt=media&token=d7815a01-4aa3-49dc-bbef-e30cd607668b"}]},{"address":"Strada Sforii, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.6399076,"longitude":25.5881771},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"\"It is the third narrowest street in Europe.\" You must see it. "},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_5_0.png?alt=media&token=7db098c0-7937-489e-a5fb-90535ad47174"},{"metadata":{"width":807,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_5_1.png?alt=media&token=f09231c5-6871-4b37-89d3-0a285acb7b58"}]},{"address":"Bastionul Țesătorilor, Strada George Coșbuc, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.6369876,"longitude":25.5889867},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- Located in the southern corner of the Brasov Fortress (the historic center of the city), the Weavers' Bastion, occupies an area of 1,616 square meters. \n- Its walls are between 4 m thick and 1 m thick on the fourth level of the building. \n- Built by the weavers' guild on four levels, with embrasures, oil spouts, and two watchtowers, the bastion has a unique architecture in south-eastern Europe. \n- Being spared by the great fire of Brasov in 1689, the bastion is preserved in its original form. As part of the southwest wall of the city's fortifications, the Weavers' Bastion is declared a historic monument\n- The bastion, built, defended, and maintained by the linen weavers' guild, was built in two stages, between 1421 - 1436 and 1570 - 1573, being designed to stand as an independent fortification.\n- Inside the museum, a large model of Brasov in 1600 is displayed."},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.brasovistorie.ro/despre-muzeu/istoria-cladirilor/bastionul-tesatorilor"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_6_0.png?alt=media&token=529badf0-2212-4d35-aced-347a982bc0d7"}]},{"address":"Turnul Artelor, Aleea Tiberiu Brediceanu, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.6378241,"longitude":25.5899423},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"After the extensive renovation in 2005-2007 of the fortifications of the Brasov Fortress, the former Potters' Tower was renamed the Arts Tower because it began to host numerous art exhibitions."},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_7_0.png?alt=media&token=050c7a78-0efb-4f6f-9a5f-5b5d4d987318"}]},{"address":"Bastionul Funarilor, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.6395991,"longitude":25.5927305},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"The Bastion of Funarilor (or Frânghierilor) is the first bastion mentioned in documents, in 1416. Hexagonal in shape, the bastion was initially 10-12 m high and was equipped with firing holes for moving parts."},{"metadata":{"width":1000,"height":750},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_8_0.png?alt=media&token=b49bc4b9-fcdd-478b-9727-a3c759bb66b2"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_9_1.png?alt=media&token=21a38381-2c1a-4b60-ac38-e07aa1e855f9"}]},{"address":"Turnul Vânătorilor, Aleea Tiberiu Brediceanu, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.63997810000001,"longitude":25.5929485},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"The Hunters' Tower, renovated in 2006-2007, sporadically houses works of art and has permanently exhibited old hunting objects."},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_9_0.png?alt=media&token=d7b822ab-fb1e-4e83-8175-f1e24a64044d"}]},{"address":"Turnul Lemnarului, Aleea Tiberiu Brediceanu, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.6416652,"longitude":25.59651640000001},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- It was built in 1421 and it is one of the 6 towers that have survived to this day.\n- As part of the southeast wall of the city's fortifications, the Woodman's Tower is declared a historical monument."},{"metadata":{"width":735,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_11_0.png?alt=media&token=64adb098-e867-4c81-9304-bb52637c6487"}]},{"address":"Bastionul Postăvarilor, Aleea Tiberiu Brediceanu, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.6421926,"longitude":25.5976926},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- The Postavarilor Bastion, located in the northeast corner of the Brașov fortress, was built and defended by the goldsmiths' guild, between 1450 and 1455.\n- They equipped it with Prague bombings, three small cannons, and 16 arquebuses. In 1521 and 1522 works were carried out on the bastion. In 1640, the point of defense was taken over by the postmen.\n- Built on four levels of wooden galleries, elliptical with a diameter of 16 m, the bastion measured 20 m in height. Its walls were 2 m thick at the base and had holes for the installation of small caliber cannons on the first level.\n- The Postavarilor bastion has been relatively well preserved to this day, being consolidated between 1961 and 1962 and renovated in 2005."},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.brasovtour.com/Atractii/molonoob/Bastionul-Postavarilor"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_12_0.png?alt=media&token=74c6e23b-b6c3-4246-a37b-d40d87b5ebed"}]},{"address":"Piața Sfântul Ioan, Strada Sfântul Ioan, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.64443869999999,"longitude":25.591268},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- In St. John's Square in Brasov is also found the Franciscan Church in Brasov, which is, along with the Franciscan monastery it serves, a historical and architectural monument from the fifteenth century, rebuilt in the eighteenth century. \n- On the sidewalls of the monastery, we find some interesting graffiti paintings."},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_18_0.png?alt=media&token=b0f3f5c8-913a-445d-a1c9-48d95292c464"},{"metadata":{"width":1000,"height":750},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_18_1.png?alt=media&token=5b01a7ea-e3d6-4dd6-af1d-56f0128409d6"}]},{"address":"Bistro de l'Arte, Piața George Enescu, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.6432544,"longitude":25.590875},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- Do you want to have a delicious breakfast in a relaxing atmosphere? George Enescu Square, 11Bis places Bistro de l’Arte in a secluded area where you will find an elegant place with attentive staff\n\n- It is located in one of the oldest buildings in Brasov, built at the end of the 16th century"},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g295394-d1106431-Reviews-Bistro_de_l_Arte-Brasov_Bra"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_19_0.png?alt=media&token=e2012b9f-3b2b-4fbf-90dc-7c0ee52bd2d3"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_19_1.png?alt=media&token=3716c07a-1419-4a12-b504-427dbc2c3880"},{"metadata":{"width":607,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_19_2.png?alt=media&token=37a575f9-4492-4735-8551-9748c6f493c2"}]},{"address":"Turnul Negru, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.64132310000001,"longitude":25.5857219},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- The Black Tower is 11 meters high tower, which received in 1995 a glass roof. Built in the 14th century, the tower had to face two fires caused by lightning and because of the first fire (1599) received the name of \"black tower\", although today, after the last renovation, the tower is quite… white.\n- The tower is located on a large rock on Warthe Hill. The purpose of the tower was to deny enemy soldiers access to the city walls, which, in this case, were no further than 5 meters (the pass was only widened in 1819–1820)."},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.brasovtour.com/en/Attractions/monuments/the-black-tower"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_21_0.png?alt=media&token=17bbb0b0-f255-4bec-882f-d82afc3d0acf"},{"metadata":{"width":1000,"height":750},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_21_1.png?alt=media&token=fd7e1a0b-b3b9-4aa6-a197-92ea1b38eed3"}]},{"address":"Turnul Alb, Calea Poienii, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.6428816,"longitude":25.5865014},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- Built between 1460 and 1494, the White Tower still impresses today with the massiveness and slenderness of its architectural lines. \n- Summarizing its architecture in data we can say: open semicircular plan; over 30 m level difference from the city walls; height: 20 m towards the city and 18 m towards the hill; the walls are based on 4 m and the diameter of the tower is 19 m. \n- Along its walls, the tower has ramparts, pit openings, and balconies supported by consoles carved in stone. Being 59 m away from the fortress wall, the tower communicates with it through a drawbridge that connected the tower and the Graft Bastion."},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.brasovtour.com/en/Attractions/monuments/the-white-tower"},{"metadata":{"width":810,"height":1080},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_22_0.png?alt=media&token=3f78f9ba-5940-43de-9d29-1b0343270d2f"},{"metadata":{"width":1000,"height":750},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_22_1.png?alt=media&token=5b086906-2555-4be4-a794-3764294258d6"}]},{"address":"Cetățuia de pe Strajă, Strada Dealul Cetăţii, Brașov, Romania","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.0421,"latitudeDelta":0.0922,"latitude":45.649322,"longitude":25.5916833},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"- It was an important defense fortification but located outside the Brașov Fortress, in order to prevent the attack and especially its bombardment from the surrounding heights. \n- The fortress is located north of the Brașov Fortress (Historic Center of the city), on the Straja Hill (Citadel Hill), and is declared a historical monument of national importance. \n- The fortress on Strajă should not be confused with the Brașov Fortress, the ensemble of fortifications that surrounded the current historical center of the city.\n- At the beginning of the 15th century, there was only a horseshoe-shaped watchtower on Straja Hill, which was completed in 1524 with a four-tower wooden bastion. The tower had three floors with embrasures on the lower floors and oil rigs on the top level."},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.romanianresorts.ro/cetatuia-de-pe-straja"},{"metadata":{"width":1000,"height":750},"type":"img","version":1,"content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FSs0GooYr3YXPwjxfBiHv%2Fstop_24_0.png?alt=media&token=8b332d3b-3f68-4aad-87dc-bfb69baa0ede"}]}]