Oasis

Even though this was taken in October, you can see it was still very warm and dry. In the summer during the “canicula” (heatwave) walking by or (if you were brave) through the fountain was *such* a blessed relief from the relentless sun!

2 October 2007

Standing to attention

I never did tire of taking pictures of the Piata Mare fountain. I’ll show it from different angles over the next few entries.

2 October 2007

Gheorghe Lazar statue

This statue had been hidden behind the stage on Piata Mare, so it was only when I returned in October and found the stage had gone that I was able to see who he was. Gheorghe Lazar was the founder of the first Romanian language school, in Bucharest in 1818.

2 October 2007

4,3,2

This poster is for a film showing the following week at the Arta cinema. “4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days” (or as everyone called it, “4,3,2″) won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007. I saw it in Glasgow last year. It’s rather harrowing (understatement) but is an absolutely remarkable film, I do recommend you see it if you haven’t already. Details about the film are here.

2 October 2007

More posters

This I think was in the window of the Primaria (town hall) on Piata Mica – more posters outlining the various events taking place for the year of culture.

2 October 2007

Huddle

Here are the cafe chairs close-up. I just liked the patterns of the wicker, the contrast with the ornate metal chairs behind, and the angles of the chairs.

2 October 2007

Inward-looking

These chairs are on the terrace in Piata Mica, I think outside La Piazzetta.

2 October 2007

Orange

This is a closer look at the Old folks home, or “Azilul”, that gives the street its name.

2 October 2007

Roadworks

This is along Str. Azilului, just down from the Liar’s Bridge, where I was staying for my final week. Obviously due to roadworks cars could only get to the end of the road, but luckily I didn’t have to lug my luggage too far to the waiting taxi! The red gate about half way down on the right was the entrance to where I was staying.

2 October 2007

Reschner’s Clavier

Just to the side of the Liars’ Bridge (Podul Minciunilor) coming off Piata Mica was this lovely old building – I’ve shown pictures of the green building opposite it several times. You can see the distinctive Sibiu roof “eyes” really well on this one.

2 October 2007