Evoluţia clădirii Bisericii Azilului şi a Spitalului medieval (postmedieval) din Sibiu
The Medieval (Postmedieval) Hospital and the Hospital Church in Sibiu: the Evolution of the Buildings

Summary/Abstract: The archaeological evidence points towards the existence of two successive wooden buildings. The second was destroyed by fire. The tomb intersected by the stone foundations of the Hospital could only have been dug in consecrated ground, belonging either to a monastic church or to a parish church. On the other hand, the archaeological research produced fragments of kitchen pottery and animal bones, as well as the remains of a smithy forge. All these are relevant to the activity of a community. After 1292, the building was transformed into a church (chapel) with sacristy on its south side. The inside of the church (chapel) as well as the nearby ground became the graveyard of the hospital community. Towards the end of the 14th century, the Medieval Hospital developed north and south of the church. Towards the middle of the 16th century, a variety of reasons caused a whole complex of buildings to cluster around the church. The rooms were arranged around and in connection with the church. New buildings were erected around the two hospital yards; they allowed access to both the present Asylum Street and Tower Street. The church underwent repair works in 1761: it received a new vault and a new roof. At the beginning of the 20th century, an aberrant project damaged the church. It was given to the city, but it was not demolished, as it had originally been planned.

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