urban cluj: panoramă

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Mar 7, 2010

Dec 15, 2009

Dec 3, 2009

Panorama

View of the city from the Botanical Garden water tower.

Nov 25, 2009

Oct 29, 2009

O ţigară deasupra oraşului

Smoking above the city in a sunny autumn afternoon.

Oct 25, 2009

Oct 4, 2009

O plimbare pe strada Şaguna

Andrei Saguna street, along the Morii Canal. The Municipality discuss the renovation of the street these days.

Sep 12, 2009

O privire spre oraş dinspre Cetăţuia

Path to the city: downview from the Cetatuia hill.

Jul 9, 2009

Acoperişuri în jurul catedralei Sf. Mihail

A contemporary image of the old medieval city center: red roofed houses surrounding the St. Michael's Cathedral.

Jul 2, 2009

Panoramă dintr-un restaurant gol

Havana panoramic restaurant empty by midday.

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Jun 6, 2009

Panoramă peste centru

Aerial view over the city center with the tower of St. Michael's cathedral on the left. Green hills and the buildings on the hillside between Manastur and Zorilor neighborhoods are visibile on the background.

May 28, 2009

Panoramă Grigorescu și Mănăștur

Panoramă asupra cartierelor Grigorescu și Mănăștur de pe dealul de lângă Tăietura Turcului (strada Vântului). Zona se află în transformare și probabil se vor construi și aici în curând case.

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.

urban cluj

Mar 7, 2010

Roofs in black and white