The City Hall of Bra\u0219ov, a popular mountain resort in central Romania, announced that the narrow Strada Sforii (Rope Street), one of the city’s best-known tourist attractions, will be temporarily closed. The authorities cited urgent public safety concerns after experts warned that crumbling plaster from nearby buildings poses a risk to visitors.<\/p>\n
Mayor George Scripcaru ordered the immediate closure at both ends of the narrow passageway.<\/p>\n
“The walls of the buildings lining Strada Sforii are in an advanced state of deterioration, worsened by recent weather conditions. The falling plaster poses a real danger to both visitors and residents,” he said.<\/p>\n
City officials said specialists from the chief architect’s office, the Historic Monuments Foundation, and the County Directorate for Culture will first secure the area before preparing a complete technical project for restoration and consolidation. The plan includes repairing fa\u00e7ades, installing access gates, and adding video surveillance to protect the site once reopened.<\/p>\n
The municipality expects the street to remain closed until spring, depending on weather conditions. The local budget will cover all restoration costs.<\/p>\n\n
Measuring 80 meters long and varying in width from 111 to 135 centimeters, Strada Sforii is one of the narrowest streets in Europe and the world, according to Atlas Obscura<\/a>. Given its proximity to Bra\u0219ov’s main square, it is one of the city’s main tourist attractions.<\/p>\n irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n (Photo source:\u00a0Ramona Georgescu<\/a>\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The City Hall of Bra\u0219ov, a popular mountain resort in central Romania, announced that the narrow Strada Sforii (Rope Street), one of the city’s best-known tourist attractions, will be temporarily closed. The authorities cited urgent public safety concerns after experts warned that crumbling plaster from nearby buildings poses a risk to visitors. Mayor George Scripcaru […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}