Alba Iulia Things to Do Tips by Mique

The catholic cathedral

A strangely loopsided building. It used to have two towers but one was blown off completely though i can't remember why or how it came about. But it gives a rather odd feeling at least i had it when i looked at it first. Since the other tower has been demoslished so effectively or maybe they've just sorn the remnands down, it almost looks like this was always the way it should be. Like, that they ran out of money and didn't have cash enough to build the second tower.

Look closely at the wooden church

And see the amasing craftmanship of the people that build it. It is an old church but it still is in good shape. And i loved looking at the walls just to see how neatly the beams matched and build up the wall. It kept me fascinated

The newly discovered fresco's

Not so long ago these fresco's have been discovered in the catholic cathedral. They're not in the best condition but it is a surprise to find them at all.

The wooden church

Just outside the citadel you can find an old wooden church.Somehow i thought at first that it wouldn't be used anymore because of the cathedrals inside the citadel. But last time i was there a wooden sort of instrument was used around the church and also in the bell-tower after which the bell sounded for the service. So i was quite mistaken. What i found really impressive is the way how they've made the wooden walls. The plancks fitt perfectly one into another with no apparent help of nails or anything else of iron.

The sala uniri

Here is where nowadays Romania got its form. In 1918 the treaty that joined Romania with Transsylvania was signed in this hall. So maybe not romania's most interesting building in terms of architecture or things like that it sure has a great historical value