Piața Mică / Small Square, 13

Romania / Sibiu / Piața Mică / Small Square, 13
 Gothic (architecture), Medieval / Middle Ages, listed building / architectural heritage, historical building, 16th century construction, 15th century construction

XV-XVIth centuries (1569); the end of the XVIIIth century
The ground level was built in the XVth century on the place of the first fortifications. The second floor was added in 1569.
It is a trapezoid building made up of basement, ground floor and floor with a small yard towards the Huet Square. The house incorporates on the ground level the narrow vaulted passage between the two squares being called The Shoemakers’ Passage ( Schusterloch) as the Shoemakers guild had the selling place nearby.
The ground level and floor rooms contain vaults with penetrations in the shape of a cross and double archways.
The roof structure is dating from the XVIIIth century, in the attic are visible the remnants of two triangular gables of the former Gothic roof.
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Coordinates:   45°47'52"N   24°9'3"E
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