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Cemetery Attractions In Sibiu County

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Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 147,245. Located some 275 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt. Now the capital of Sibiu County, between 1692 and 1791 and 1849–65 Sibiu was the capital of the Principality of Transylvania. Sibiu is one of the most important cultural centres of Romania and was designated the European Capital of Culture for the year 2007, along with the city of Luxembourg. Formerly the centre of the Transylvanian Saxons, the old city of Sibiu was ranked as Europe's 8th-most idyllic place to live by Forbes in 2008.The city administers the Păltiniș sk...
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Cemetery Attractions In Sibiu County

  • 1. Church of the Annunciation Sibiu
    The Annunciation Church , also known as the Church in the Ditch , is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 5 Justiției Street in the Transylvanian city of Sibiu. Initially built between 1788 and 1789 using funds provided by the widow Stana Hagi Petru Luca, it was destroyed by an earthquake in October 1802 and completely rebuilt by her son-in-law Constantin Hagi Popp in 1802-1803. In 1805, the parish had forty families.The building is a small hall church. The spire, on the western edge, is divided into three stories and reaches a height of 40 m. The iconostasis was painted by Mișu Popp of Brașov. The rich interior mural painting was done after 1960. There are oil paintings of the three ktitors above the entrance door on the interior: Hagi Constantin Popp, Stana Petru Luca and Păuna Cons...
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