Nicolae Bălcescu Street, 17 | building, 18th century construction, 16th century construction, 15th century construction

Romania / Sibiu / Nicolae Bălcescu Street, 17
 building, 18th century construction, 16th century construction, 15th century construction

18th century, with fragments from the 16th – 17th century and traces from the 15th – 16th century

History:
Here functioned the ”Coroana Ungariei Hotel” (Hotel Hung. Krone) in the second half of the 19th century
Here was hosted on July 11th 1860 the writer Al. Odobescu for three days, and on March 5th 1866 Al. Ioan Cuza. A plaque on the building mentions the fact that “Alex. Ioan Cuza halted here on March 5th, 1866, on his way to exile”.
The DROTLEFF printing house and book store functioned in this building starting with 1850 and in 1922 merged with the KRAFFT Company, this role having been preserved by the State Polygraph Institute until 1974 when the building was remodeled for dwellings.
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Coordinates:   45°47'39"N   24°9'2"E
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