The cathedral Ferula | Gothic (architecture), Medieval / Middle Ages, 15th century construction, tourist attraction

 Gothic (architecture), Medieval / Middle Ages, 15th century construction, tourist attraction

Starting with 1496, for a period of 300 years, the Church served as a burial place for mayors, county administrative leaders or other personalities in Sibiu. In 1796 burials in the church are prohibited, but an exception was made in 1803, when baron Samuel von Brukenthal’s body will be laid for eternal sleep in the vault built near the pulpit. The tombstones that covered the graves were dismantled from the church nave in 1853 and incorporated in the walls of the church ferula, thus obtaining a gallery of 67 tombstones, unique in Romania.

The so-called Ferula, started in 1448 with a new construction phase starting with 1474, is composed of three spans supported by two pairs of massive columns. On the western wall is presented the ‘Painted Chronicle’ with the main events in the life of the city from 1409 to 1566.
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