Altemberger House History Museum
Romania /
Sibiu /
Mitropoliei Street, 2
World
/ Romania
/ Sibiu
/ Sibiu
World / Romania
museum, place with historical importance, Renaissance (architecture), Gothic (architecture), Medieval / Middle Ages, listed building / architectural heritage, historic landmark, historical building, 16th century construction, 15th century construction, tourist attraction
Altemberger House History Museum is arranged in the Old City Hall building.
The House was built by Thomas Altemberger on the place of an older building. By 1494, in this house was received and treated King Vladislav II Jagiello of Poland. In 1501, the house came into the possession of Johann Lulay through his marriage to the widow of the former Mayor. The next owner was Markus Pempflinger.
Magistrate of the city bought the house in 1545 and the building became the Town Hall, function that has been kept until 1947.
The opened loggia (unique in Transylvania) in the Second Courtyard is supported on lancet gates in star system, presenting the coats of arms of the initially owners and is dated before 1491. At the base of the vaults there are four human figures carved in stone.
The tower has hosted the City Archive and the Archive of Saxon University from 1546 until 1923 when it moved to the new building on the Archives Street. Some sources indicate that on February 24, 1579, the Town Hall would have been the host of the first theatre performance in Sibiu.
In 1817, the tower burned down and was rebuilt identically in 1973.
In 1988, after 20 years of restoration, the Old Town Hall building become the host of the History Department inside the National Museum Complex in Sibiu with an exhibition meant to illustrate, after a pattern template, 'the evolution of human society from ancient times to the present. In 1990, the Museum of History has been inaugurated.
The inscription above the main access door in Latin language recalls Emperor Joseph II visit.
patrimoniu.sibiu.ro/cladiri_en/mitropoliei/259
www.brukenthalmuseum.ro/istorie_en/index.html
The House was built by Thomas Altemberger on the place of an older building. By 1494, in this house was received and treated King Vladislav II Jagiello of Poland. In 1501, the house came into the possession of Johann Lulay through his marriage to the widow of the former Mayor. The next owner was Markus Pempflinger.
Magistrate of the city bought the house in 1545 and the building became the Town Hall, function that has been kept until 1947.
The opened loggia (unique in Transylvania) in the Second Courtyard is supported on lancet gates in star system, presenting the coats of arms of the initially owners and is dated before 1491. At the base of the vaults there are four human figures carved in stone.
The tower has hosted the City Archive and the Archive of Saxon University from 1546 until 1923 when it moved to the new building on the Archives Street. Some sources indicate that on February 24, 1579, the Town Hall would have been the host of the first theatre performance in Sibiu.
In 1817, the tower burned down and was rebuilt identically in 1973.
In 1988, after 20 years of restoration, the Old Town Hall building become the host of the History Department inside the National Museum Complex in Sibiu with an exhibition meant to illustrate, after a pattern template, 'the evolution of human society from ancient times to the present. In 1990, the Museum of History has been inaugurated.
The inscription above the main access door in Latin language recalls Emperor Joseph II visit.
patrimoniu.sibiu.ro/cladiri_en/mitropoliei/259
www.brukenthalmuseum.ro/istorie_en/index.html
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 45°47'48"N 24°8'57"E
- Sibiu Steam Locomotives Museum 1.3 km
- "ASTRA" Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization 5.1 km
- The fortified church of Biertan 47 km
- Făgăraș Citadel 64 km
- Trovanti Museum Natural Reserve 74 km
- The Village Museum 75 km
- Rupea(Cohalmului) Fortress 87 km
- The Corvins' Castle 98 km
- Museum of Folk Architecture 99 km
- Muzeul Etnografic Cluj 119 km
- Historic Center 0.1 km
- Huet and Lesser/Small Squares - fortified perimeter finished around 1224-1240 (Cibinium) 0.2 km
- Upper Town 0.2 km
- Lower Town 0.2 km
- Citadel Park--The Promenade 0.5 km
- Central Area (outside the Historic Center) 0.6 km
- Former Josephine district 0.8 km
- Terezian 1.2 km
- Sibiu 1.5 km
- Sibiu County 14 km
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