1191 – Mentioned for the first time in the documents under the name Cibin and Cibinium when Pope Celestine III confirmed the existence of the free prepositure of the Saxons in Transylvania (due to the Cibin River that flows through the city)
1769 – The first hall for theater opens in the home of Baron von Möringer in Piața Mare (Blue House, 5 Piața Mare). It operated between 1769 and 1783[8]
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