Monument sights in Sibiu
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Gothic Evangelical Church
On Piaţa Huet, you'll find the Gothic Evangelical Church, built between 1300 and 1520, its great five-pointed tower visible from afar. Don't miss the four magnificent baroque funerary monuments on the upper nave on the north wall, and the 1772 organ with 6002 pipes (it's Romania's largest).
The tomb of Mihnea Vodă cel Rău (Prince Mihnea the Bad), son of a certain Vlad Ţepeş, is in the closed-off section behind the organ (ask for entry; it's the first of 67 tombstones). This prince, who ruled Wallachia from 1507 to 1510, was murdered on the square in front of the church after attending a service in March 1510. You can climb the church tower - ask for entry at Casa Luxembu…
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Memorandumists Plaque
The Memorandumists plaque honours the Transylvanian leaders of the Romanian National Party who addressed a memorandum to the emperor Franz Joseph in Vienna in 1892, calling for an end to discrimination against Romanians. In an apt response, 29 of their members were convicted of agitating against the state and imprisoned.
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