The square around the Lutheran Cathedral also warrants a mention for its cluster of buildings dating from the 1400s to the 1700s.

Huet Square is where Sibiu’s earliest fortifications used to be in the 1100s, and in the northern part you can find the Stairs Tower, guarding the stairway down to the Lower Town.

The first tower went up in the 13th century to be replaced by this current structure from 1542. Also particularly old is the red-painted Parochial House at nos. 1