MAIN ATTRACTIONS:
The Saint Nicholas Church
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The journey continues with Constantin Brâncoveanu Street (1688-1714), on which there are still conserved many inhabitable houses in possession of the Walachia's ruler, who gave his name, and also pertaining to his descendants, such as the buildings at no. 10 (1690-1798), no. 12 (1793), or no. 32 (1690-1770).
The Union Place in front of Saint Nicholas Church of "Şcheii Braşovului" is bordered by inhabitable houses, dating back to the period of the XVIII-XXth centuries, with the parochial house in neo-Romanian style, erected between 1928-1929, after the plans of the architects Victor Ştefănescu and Vasile Moga.
On the western side of the place is conserved the stone triptych protected by the painted chapel commissioned by captain Ilie Birt (1698-1786) in 1738 and 1780, and nnorthwards there is the monument of the heroes of World War I, inaugurated in 1939 by the „Reunion of the Romanian Women”.
The Saint Nicholas Church of „Şcheii Braşovului”, dating back according the tradition to the XIIIth century, constituted across the time the most important centre for the spiritual, cultural and artistic life of the Romanians of Ţara Bârsei. The archaeological excavations and the testimonies contained in documents show that the actual assembly has been erected on the spot of certain wooden (1399) and stone (1440) constructions, using the donations of the princes of Moldavia and Greater Wallachia, the first among them being Neagoe Basarab (1512-1521).
The nowadays image of the church represents the result of the massive works carried on during the XVIIIth century from the initiative of the chronicler dean Radu Tempea IInd (1691-1742), when there were erected the extended nave of triconical plan (1740) and the two lateral oratories – Buna Vestire (The Annunciation) on the northern side (1733-1734) and Înălţarea Domnului (the Ascension of Our Lord) on the southern one (1750-1752). The assembly was decorated with mural paintings by Grigore Ranite of Craiova (1738-1740) and Ioan, Iancu, Constandin and Irimia (1752); those church painters used models elaborated by the School of Hurezi, the main centre of the post-Brancoveanu art. In 1751 was built the clock tower, erected against the western side of the church, from the donation of tsarina Elisabeta Petrovna of Russia; other interventions were made at the expectations of the voivoides across the Carpathians, Grigore Ghica and Constantin Mavrocordat.
In 1940 and 1946, the old frescoes inside the church were replaced by a mural assembly signed the painter Costin Petrescu, while the iconostasis post-Brancoveanu habit of the XVIIIth century was donated to the church of Predeluţ.
Near the church there is the first Romanian school, which wooden building has been replaced by a stone construction, superposed in the XVIIIth century, the assembly being also constituted by Barac House, dating back to the XVIIIth century and the cells against the enclosure wall from the first part of the XIXth century, which hosts nowadays a museum complex.