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George Bariţiu Street
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George Bariţiu Street called, in the Middle Ages the Horses Fair, which ascending towards „Şcheii Braşovului”, conserves countless historical and memorial buildings erected between the XVth and the XIXth centuries, among which is recalled the house of the judge mayor Valentinus Hirscher (at the no. 6), in which resided the ruler Mihai Viteazul, Michael the Brave, during his visit to Brasov in 1600.
The “Greek” Orthodox Church Sainte Trinity (George Bariţiu Street no. 12), the first orthodox church of the „Stronghold”, has been erected between 1784 and 1787 from the donations of the Greek merchants and those of the boyar families Brâncoveni, Văcăreşti, Şuţu, Mavrocordat of Walachia, during their exile at Braşov. The construction combines the post-byzantine traditional elements of the structure with the motives of the late Viennese baroque, at the level of the facade. The church’ belfry is set up inside the Glove Makers Tower of the first fastened enclosure of the medieval Brasov and its graveyard represents a valuable lapidary.
At the level o the Blacksmiths Bastion, nowadays the seat of the National Archives, there were the ancient walls of „Brasov's Stronghold” on the Romanian neighbourhood „Schei” side, demolished in the XIXth century, along with the Horses Fair's Gate, erected in neoclassic style, between 1818-1820.