Earlier this week I showed you the wall and the fortresses surrounding the medieval city center of Mediaș and today I'd like to show you the beauty that can be found inside the walls.
As I mentioned in my previous post, the wall served defense purposes and was built around the city. As you come from the farmers market, you have to pass these old houses, that are in the way to the main square.
This street is made of old houses like you see on the photo. Almost all of them have wooden window shutters, some even have wooded shutter doors, beside the normal door.
In the background the St. Margaret Church, that is a very important tourist destination of the city and not only. When I was visiting, I saw a poster about the weekly organ concerts held in the church. I love organ concerts, so I may need to go back on a Monday and enjoy the music. Once I had the pleasure to enjoy an organ practice in one of the churches in Delft. It was fantastic, so whenever I have the chance to attend an organ concert, I don't miss it. However, an organ concert in a church is the real deal.
The ground floor of most buildings are rented out to businesses, which, unfortunately makes the whole neighborhood look very different.
A couple of years ago this square, with the fountain looked very nice. At one point there were tables outside, umbrellas and you could order drinks, while enjoying the fresh air created by the fountain. Now it looks like no mans land.
This is the Lutheran high school that is named after Stephan Ludwig Roth.
The building is more than 100 years old and the architecture is absolutely amazing. I suppose the door to that balcony is closed and the use of the balcony is out of the question, which is a shame as it's a lovely one.
Look at those steps, and imagine how many students used it over the 110 years the high school exists. Those are the original stone steps.
The statue of Stephan Ludvig Roth in front of the school.
The Johannes Honterus street is like an open air architectural museum to me and I think I'm not the only one who thinks that. This house is an absolute beauty from every point of view.
It's been recently renovated and looks like we're writing 1900 or even earlier than that. The color combination is perfect in my opinion which is rare and you'll see below why I say that.
I can imagine myself living in that white house, although I'm not sure how much comfort is there. But it looks cute.
This is the street that has most of these wonderful gates that I have been blogging about.
Memorial house of Hermann Kirchner (choir master) and Carl Martin Römer (high school professor).
Another impressive house is the Honterus House, which is a restaurant now.
Unfortunately I did not have time to go in, but I'd love to visit the inside as well one day and have lunch or dinner there.
And if you are thorough, you can find gems like this one for example. That little house looks ordinary, but it's not.
Here lived the prominent master mechanic, founder of the first local bicycle club (1894), charter member of the vocal group "Oktett" (1896), and promoter of various local theater and sports activities.
That was Johann Adolf Haltrich who lived between 1868 and 1957. These were the people paving the road of social life back in those days.
Last, but not least, this house which I love the most, especially for the architecture and the color combination.
Walking down this street is like a walk back in time. I can't help it but think how people who built these houses were living back then and what the interior of them looked like.