Bike riders on Sindicatelor street in a weekend day.Jun 14, 2009
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Explorations into the urban character and life of the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Lebede uriaşe în Parcul Central
- Expoziţia absolvenţilor UAD
- Miracol pe strada Dragalina
- Leii de la Teatrul Naţional
- Pista de karting la Polus Center
- Terasă pe Dealul Cetăţuia
- Geometrie şi reflecţie piramidală
- O plimbare pe Eroilor
- Cărți audio în stil englezesc
- Ceas beton în Piața Mihai Viteazu
- Căni cu Cluj-Napoca la Starbucks
- Clădirea din parc a Universității de Artă
- Mănăștur Vest Panoramic din parcarea Polus
- Un pat la ghena de gunoi
- O privire de-a lungul străzii Iuliu Maniu
- Expo Autostrada Transilvania
- Bicicliști pe strada Sindicatelor
- Flori și computere
- Clinica medicală nr. 1
- Vedere spre Mărăști
- Ce poți face din capace de PET
- Terasa din curtea Muzeului cu ocazia TIFF
- Drive-in cinema
- Culori și soare pe strada Baba Novac
- Panoramă peste centru
- Reconversie urbană în Piața Avram Iancu
- Infochioșc "Lupa Capitolina"
- Tablouri într-o cafenea
- Mușcate pe Bd. Eroilor
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Cluj is the third big city in Romania considering its population, with a general number of residents & commuters in its metro area of about 400,000.
It is largely known as the capital-city of the historical province of Transylvania - land of medieval citadels, wild crags, caves and forests, and the famous figure of Dracula.
Historically speaking Cluj was settled as a colony by the Romans (Colonia Aurelia Napoca) by the 2nd century CE, from where came the name of Napoca, and thereafter developed as fortress and city by the Hungarians, Saxons and Austrians - which conferred it the cultural, architectural, and urban influences of the multicultural Central Europe. Romanians, who constantly were the dominant rural population around the city, became the city rulers in 1918, when Transylvania became part of Romania, and developed it, especially within the Communist regime, after the 1947, by constructing large industries and working-class neighborhoods.
Along its history, Cluj acknowledged periods of progress and illuminism - sustained by a notable university and the medical and legal centers developed here already since the 16th century - together with warfare, nationalistic and religious troubles and stagnation - due to medieval invasions, far-right politics encouraging hostilities between Magyars and Romanians, and religious tensions between Greek-Catholics and Greek-Orthodoxs.
Today it is considered among the major hotbeds of development regarding the human capital in the region - due to its large number of university students, vibrant culture, safe social and economic environment, and perspectives for further development.
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Here they come around the curve! Nice photo! I can imagine walking down this street? Kind regards from the "birthday boy" at EAGAN daily photo in Minnesota, USA
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