George Coșbuc's room
George Coșbuc arrived in Sibiu in 1887 brought by Ioan Slavici, director of the Tribuna newspaper, where he was employed. He wrote the poem Zamfirei's Wedding in 1889, being impressed by the beauty of the Datins and the places in Gura-Râului. The characters present in the poem such as: Boyer Săgătă, groom Viorel, old man Grui, ... are pseudonyms of some local people from that time.



camera George Cosbuc

camera George Cosbuc

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camera George Cosbuc
Lucian Blaga's room
During the difficult period of the war and the bombings 1943-1945, Blaga settled in Gura Râului together with other colleagues from the University of Cluj, being hosted in the house of doctor Vilț. Also during the socialist period after 1950, Lucian Blaga often stopped at Gura-Râului, invited and hosted by doctor Manta. He comes especially during the summer, sometimes for a few weeks, which he dedicates to writing and rest. The poems written at Gura-Râului are numerous, but the most famous is "Bocca del Rio".


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camera Lucian Blaga

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camera Lucian Blaga
Octavian Goga's room
Octavian Goga was born on April 1, 1881 in Rășinari commune, Sibiu county, in the house of the Orthodox priest Iosif Goga, a few houses away from the household where Emil Cioran would be born three decades later. Octavian Goga is considered to be the most important messianic poet of pre-war Transylvania. He often stayed at Gura-Râului in the house of priest Manta where he lived unforgettable moments with St. O. Iosif, Al. Vlahută, George Coșbuc, Ilarie Chendi and others.

camera Octavian Goga

camera Octavian Goga

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camera Octavian Goga

Ion Agârbiceanu's room
Ion Agârbiceanu (b. September 12, 1882) was a Romanian writer, journalist and prose writer, follower of sowerism, parliamentarian, academic and last but not least, priest. In 1910 he receives a parish in Orlat, Sibiu county, just 3 km from Gura-Râului, where he remained until 1916. After a long missionary and literary-scientific activity, he died at the Cluj Medical Clinic on May 28, 1963.


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camera Ion Agarbiceanu

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Ilarie Chendi's apartment
Ilarie was the son of Vasile Chendi, an Orthodox priest, and Eliza. Between 1891-1894 he attended the Theological Seminary in Sibiu and between 1894-1898 the Faculty of Letters at the University of Budapest.
Ilarie Chendi is considered one of the most important pre-war literary critics, belonging to the sower current. He often stayed in Gura-Râului, Sibiu county, at the house of priest Manta where he came with his friend and "brother of cross" Ștefan Octavian Iosif and where they debated ideas with Al. Vlahuță, George Coșbuc, Octavian Goga and others.


apartament Ilarie Chendi

apartament Ilarie Chendi

terasa Ion Agarbiceanu

apartament Ilarie Chendi
Mihai Eminescu's apartment
Mihai Eminescu arrived in Sibiu three times: the first time in August 1866 when he stayed in Rășinari with priest Ioan Bratu, Octavian Goga's grandfather, in 1868 when he came to Sibiu with Mihail Pascaly's band and in 1869 as a visitor to the Museum of the Transylvanian Society Natural Sciences.
Is it possible that Mihai Eminescu also arrived at Gura-Râului? We think so, and that's why we dedicated an apartment to him The Apartment: Mihai Eminescu




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