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Honterus House

Honterus House
RO BV str Balcescu nr 40
Whitepixels, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
house
Current function:
house
Settlement:
Brassó, Brașov
Address:
Strada Nicolae Bălcescu 40
Historical Hungarian county:
Brassó
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.6422109127, 25.5943011531
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History

In 1498, the great Saxon humanist Johannes Honterus was born in this building, the son of a furrier from Black Street. He was the editor of the first map of Transylvania, author of the books Latin Grammar and the Description of the World, founder of the first printing press and of the first college in Brassó.

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