EU: Piața Mare din Sibiu (1966) through time

Sibiu 1966–2011 9 photos of this spot

9 photographs taken at the same spot in Sibiu, spanning 1966–2011 — 6 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Piața Mare, the Great Square at the center of Sibiu's old town, has served as the Transylvanian city's main public space since medieval times, ringed by burgher houses and civic buildings. This 1966 photograph captures the square in Romania.

EU: Piața Mare din Sibiu (1966) 1966 Piața Mare, the Great Square at the center of Sibiu's old town, has served as the Transylvanian city's main public space since medieval times, ringed by burgher houses and civic buildings. This 1966 photograph captures the square in Romania.

EU: Pasajul scărilor din Sibiu (1967) 1967 A stepped passage links Sibiu's upper and lower towns in this 1967 photograph, part of the network of stairs and alleys that has connected the two levels of the Transylvanian city for centuries, following the line of its old defensive terraces.

EU: Sibiu - central square with garden and buses (1970) 1970 Buses and a garden occupy Sibiu's central square in this 1970 photograph, showing the Transylvanian city's historic core amid the everyday traffic of the period, framed by the square's rows of colorful old townhouses.

EU: Sibiu - Turnul Sfatului (Council Tower) (1970) 1970 The Council Tower, or Turnul Sfatului, rises over Sibiu's old town in this 1970 photograph. The medieval tower connects the city's Great and Small Squares and has served as a watchtower, prison, and landmark over its long history.

EU: Turnul Sfatului din Sibiu (1970) 1970 Sibiu's Council Tower, the Turnul Sfatului, is pictured again in this 1970 photograph, a medieval structure linking the Transylvanian city's upper and lower squares and long used to watch over the surrounding countryside for approaching danger.

EU: Turnul Dulgherilor din Sibiu (1970) 1970 The Carpenters' Tower (Turnul Dulgherilor), part of the medieval defensive walls of Sibiu, Romania, photographed in 1970. Sibiu's fortified towers were built and maintained by the city's craft guilds during the Middle Ages.

EU: Sibiu - Piata Republicii (Great Square) (1981) 1981 Piața Mare, Sibiu's Great Square in Transylvania, Romania, captured in 1981. The square has served as the historic center of the old town since medieval times, surrounded by burgher houses and civic buildings.

EU: Peisaj; podiș. Sibiu (jud. SIBIU) (2011) 2011 An aerial view over a village on the plateau near Sibiu in Transylvania, showing rows of tiled roofs, a small church with its adjoining cemetery, and farmland cut by a highway. The patchwork of cultivated fields and dirt tracks surrounding the settlement reflects the rural landscape typical of Sibiu county.

EU: Monument; biserică. Sibiu (jud. SIBIU) (2011) 2011 An aerial view of a village in Sibiu County, Transylvania, centered on a small fortified church with a stone tower standing inside its walled churchyard. Red-tiled roofs, farm plots, and a road lined with newer housing surround the older village core.