Walking through the streets of Sibiu, Romania, surely many people will have a cold feeling as if there are eyes watching their every gesture and action.
This strange feeling is not due to imagination but because of the unique architecture only in Sibiu city , where houses with eye-shaped windows on the roof. Many houses in the south and east of Sibiu, Romania, have such windows. They make it feel like this city never sleeps and whether morning or night they will always watch over the people here little by little.
House with eye-shaped windows on the roof.
These windows were built with the purpose of cooling the attic , where the locals used to store meat, cheese and grain.
Such a special window shape is to increase the optimal ventilation and cooling efficiency while still preventing direct sunlight from entering the warehouse. According to recorded documents, these eye-shaped windows were built between the 15th and 19th centuries.
Although the use of eye-shaped windows is very clear, many residents still assert that their original purpose is to bring a feeling of fear to people, reminding that someone is always watching them from the outside. on high and forcing them to behave properly, not to do anything unscrupulous.
