Sibiu is a city in Romania and has a population of about 155,045. Sibiu is the capital of Sibiu County. The city of Sibiu was established in the year 1190 by German settlers.
Sibiu was an important trade center from the 14th century. After the First World War, when Austria and Hungary were dissolved Sibiu was made a part of Romania.
In Sibiu city, there are 95 percent Romanians and 2 percent Hungarians. Germans constitute 1.6 percent of the population. The city of Sibiu is perceived as a city of Art and Culture. There are a number of museum monuments in Sibiu. In the city, there is a Philarmonic Orchestra that performs weekly concerts that are of great joy to the tourists there. The cultural atmosphere is very rich and varied in Sibiu with theatre, plays, puppet shows, and many more attractions.
There are fifteen natural parks in Sibiu which have been declared to be protected. Around the city of Sibiu, there are a number of lovely villages with extremely picturesque scenic beauty. The place is calm and is a paradise for tourists. The villages have strong traditional values the diversity is very rich and there is the presence of artistic patrimony.
There is a varied range of accommodations available in Sibiu. Right from luxury hotels to camps every type of space is present to satisfy the tourists and the local people. There is also a tourist information center where the tourists can get all types of the necessary information.
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