The House of Weapons and Maps in Sighisora, Romania
Hello travellers from all over the world
When I think about putting a place I want to visit on a map, I consider several details, including whether the place has an amazing history.
So today dear visitor I want to take you with me to visit together the House of Weapons and Maps Museum in Sighisoara, Romania.
This museum can be said to be "young", it was opened to visitors in September 2022, but the exhibits inside are very valuable and very old.
The House of Arms and Maps is located inside the fortress of Sighisoara on the street of the fortress wall and can be visited daily between 10-16 (winter and 10-18 (summer), the price of a ticket is 20lei/4euro/person and if you want to visit even more places with a fantastic historical load find out that you can visit two objectives at an advantageous price, namely for the amount of 25lei/5euro/person you can visit the House of Guilds and the House of Arms and Maps.
Just before arriving here we passed another amazing historical site, namely the Tailors' Tower.
The interior of the museum is very beautifully designed and because of this every corner of the museum attracts you like a magnet to read its history.
Let's go inside.
A private museum exhibition, the House of Arms and Maps houses an impressive collection of maps, engravings, drawings, lithographs, old books dating from the 16th to the early 20th century, weapons, armour, port, numismatic pieces from all over the world from prehistory to the present day.
The collection of weapons includes pieces dating back to the 3rd century BC, of Greek, Dacian, Roman, Byzantine, Habsburg, Russian, Romanian origin - white and firearms, offensive, defensive and hunting weapons.
The more than 500 maps, graphic works, lithographs and engravings represent Romanian historical regions, cities (Iasi in 1880, Braila in 1820, Orșova in 1880, Timișoara in 1650), population and customs (Paparuda - published in the Illustrated London News in 1905), areas of Romania (Danube Caves - 1780, including the former Ada-Kaleh Island - 1738), countries of the world. Among them, the oldest image of Sighisoara - an engraving from 1666. With the exception of a few reproductions from certain books, all the pieces are authentic and of great value.
Very valuable is also the numismatic patrimony, documents (passport issued to Alexandru Ioan Cuza in 1866), shares and securities. Coins and banknotes are exhibited chronologically, starting with those older than 2000 years. There are Greek, Roman, Dacian, Byzantine, medieval and modern coins.
The collection of old books is one of the largest in the country, comprising copies from the 16th to the 20th century - first volumes, religious works. Works belonging to Dimitrie Cantemir ("History of the Growth and Decline of the Ottoman Empire", part I, edition published in London in 1734), Johannes Honterus, etc. Their presentation gives an insight into the evolution of Romanian printing and the Romanian language.
Let's explore the second part of the museum, upstairs.
We spent about an hour here but bear in mind that depending on how much time you allocate to each exhibit you may spend less or more time.
After visiting the museum we got hungry so we enjoyed two very delicious pizzas, even if you are inside a fortress there are plenty of restaurants here where you can have delicious food.
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P.S. The attached picture you have just seen are taken by me with my mobile phone(Samsung Galaxy S21), and the text is also designed by me.
