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Republicii Street
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On Apollonia Hirscher street, the ancient Fish Fair during the Middle Ages, there is Concerts House “Reduta” has been erected in 1893, according to the plans of the chef architect of the town, Christian Kertsch (1839-1909), on the spot of a representations hall, dating back to 1794. The construction, erected in neo-Baroque style, has a facade decorated with busts of musicians and architects of the universal patrimony inserted on circular medallions, placed above the windows on the floor and allegorical figures in relief. The building was rehabilitated between 1997 and 2004, when the interior was entirely modernized and the centre regained its ancient name "Reduta” („The Redoubt”).
From the Council Place, the journey continues in Republicii Street, the main road of the medieval town, called the Gate Street. One of the most ancient buildings is the Drugstore Jekelius (no. 17), erected in the XVIth century at the crossroads with the today Michael Weiss street, called the Nuns' Street in the Middle Ages, after the Saint John Monastery, mentioned in documents in the XVth century and bestowed to the Franciscan Order in the XVIIIth century.
On the southern side of Republicii Street there used to be the houses of the town's notabilities, such as the residence of Hirscher family, replaced in 1908 by the seat of the Saxon National Bank, erected according to the plans of the architect of Brasov Albert Schuller (Michael Weiss street 22). The same author designed the hotel Coroana (The Crown) (1909-1910, no. 62), implementing the "1900s style” in the German version Jugendstil at Brașov. A quite contemporary example is the House of the shoemaker Heinrich Bahmüller (no. 16, 1906), which frontage reflects the Viennese Sezessionul while the decorations of the house at no. 10 (1902), combines the neo-Gothic architecture with the elements of the new style.
The House of confectioner Montaldo, also called Tortenhaus (no. 14), is one of the reference buildings of the town, built up according to the plans of the architect Peter Bartesch in 1864, which hosted subsequently the Baross hotel.
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At the eastern extremity of Republicii Street used to be the main gate of the town, demolished along with the north-eastern fortifications of „Brasov's Stronhold”, in the XIXth century. Beyond the walls’ line, where in the Middle Age used to take place the executions and the burnings of witches, new administrative buildings have been erected: The Finances Palace (1897-1898, the nowadays City Hall), The Justice Palace (1902, today the Prefecture), The Post Palace (1906). From Portica towards Warthe there were built the Vila Kertsch (1887, demolished in 1970), The Artisans Association's House (1902, today the Museum of Art), Vila Schuller (1896, dismantled in 1962), The State Humanistic Superior School (1888-1889, today the T wing of the University), The Reformed Church (1891-1892, the architect Alpár Ignátz), demolished in 1963, to make room for the new wing of „Aro Palace” Hotel, designed by the architect Iancu Rădăcină, along with the construction in modernist style of the architect of international fame Horia Creangă, from 1938-1939. The new buildings border towards the „Stronghold” Rudolf Boulevard (Rudolfsring, subsequently Carol I Boulevard, today the Heroes Boulevard), set up on the range of the medieval defence ditch on the north-eastern side.