As a tourist going to Prahova Valley you will surely stop in the city of Brasov for a tour through its beautiful Piata Sfatului Square and a visit to the Black Church. Recently archaeological digs carried out between 2011-2013 in the Black Church courtyard revealed to the world a staggering 1,400 tombs, traces of dwellings (rooms, ovens, annexes, etc.), constructions of stone and mortar, pottery, ornaments, metal, glass, stone and bone objects and over 150 coins (some from Dacia period others from the Middle Ages and the Modern Era). This new information about the beginnings and evolution of Brasov stir quite a wave trough the archeology experts, the growing enthusiasm being related to the stone and mortar housing as they were constructed before the years 1200.
The archaeological researches are now proving that the first homes in the city were built before 1200 although, until now, the first document attesting the city Brasov dates from 1235. All the findings have been contained in the book “Rediscovering the medieval past of Brasov”, which together with a bilingual brochure (Romanian and English) were released in 09/10/2015 at the Parish House of the Evangelical Church in Braşov.
The houses appear to have belonged to the first settlements of the Saxons while the stone buildings are believed to have been part of the monasteries accommodations from the 1235 and 1388, around which the Corona settlement developed (Corona is the first documented name of Brasov city). The brochure will be available to all schools in Romania and to tourists, while the volume will be found within the libraries.
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