Manastur Vest Panoramic residential area, under construction.
Oct 7, 2009
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Explorations into the urban character and life of the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Unde mâncăm deseară?
- Renovarea Pieţei Unirii
- O ţigară deasupra oraşului
- Napoca 15
- Pod lângă gară
- Copaci de toamnă
- Un zbor în alb-negru
- La chitară
- Old and new
- A îmbrăţişa o bombă
- O privire de-a lungul orasului
- Casă de piatră
- O plimbare cu porumbei
- Hai cu paraşuta!
- Case în Grigorescu
- Prima zăpadă
- O plimbare pe strada Iuliu Maniu
- High graffiti
- Flori la balcon
- Cu barca la mall
- Serbare populară
- Pe Garibaldi
- Patinaj cu rotile
- Palate
- Mănăştur Vest Panoramic
- Un ceas de piatra
- O plimbare pe bulevardul 21 Decembrie
- O plimbare pe strada Şaguna
- Roşii şi flori în geam
- Norii de vineri
- Copaci peste blocuri
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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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It reminds me some buildings in the coast of Viña del Mar-Reñaca. They even have their own funiculars. I wonder if these one will have one.
ReplyDeleteThe view from there must be wonderful!
ReplyDeleteDear Hilda, you gave me an idea. Thanks!
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