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Walk Brașov in 1900

AI rebuilds Brassó (Kronstadt; Brașov) street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.

Historic Places, Rebuilt · City walk

Habsburg Brassó, 1900

This is Brassó in the last decades of Austro-Hungarian rule: a compact Transylvanian market town where a Gothic Black Church towers over a ring of new shopfronts and hotel awnings. Walkers climb Tâmpa above the red-tiled roofs, a new Neolog synagogue raises its towers, an Orthodox cathedral anchors the eastern approach, and timber and wool mills hum at the town's edges.

34 scenes — 20 streets, squares and views, 14 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Brașov as it stood in 1900 (“Brașov”).

The route, scene by scene

  1. 1. Bârsa Valley Approach
  2. 2. Poarta Șchei (Waisenhaus Gate)
  3. 3. Șchei Street
  4. 4. St. Nicholas Church, Șchei
  5. Iconostasis Chamber · interior
  6. 5. Șchei Central School
  7. 6. Bârsa River Mills
  8. Carding Room · interior
  9. 7. Poarta Ecaterinei (Catherine's Gate)
  10. Gate Passage · interior
  11. 8. Weavers' Bastion
  12. Weavers' Loom Hall · interior
  13. 9. White Tower (Turnul Alb)
  14. 10. Black Tower (Turnul Negru)
  15. Sentry Chamber · interior
  16. 11. Piața Sfatului (Council Square)
  17. Grand Café Interior · interior
  18. 12. Casa Sfatului (Town Hall)
  19. Council Chamber · interior
  20. 13. Hirscher Haus
  21. Merchant's Upstairs Parlour · interior
  22. 14. Arcades on the Square
  23. Haberdasher's Showroom · interior
  24. 15. Black Church (Biserica Neagră)
  25. Organ Loft · interior
  26. 16. Black Church Forecourt
  27. 17. Neolog Synagogue
  28. Neolog Prayer Hall · interior
  29. 18. Jewish Quarter Street
  30. Kosher Butcher's Shop · interior
  31. 19. Orthodox Cathedral, Șchei Approach
  32. Main Nave · interior
  33. 20. Tâmpa Paths and Summit
  34. Summit Shelter · interior