urban cluj: Dealul Cetățuia

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Oct 29, 2009

O ţigară deasupra oraşului

Smoking above the city in a sunny autumn afternoon.

Oct 18, 2009

Hai cu paraşuta!

Parachute jump tower used for practicing landings, on the Cetatuia Hill.

Sep 16, 2009

Cross on the hill

Detail of the memorial cross monument on Cetatuia Hill, seen from below on the puffy sky.
You can see a general view and its surroundings as in a previous post, here.

Sep 12, 2009

O privire spre oraş dinspre Cetăţuia

Path to the city: downview from the Cetatuia hill.

Jul 16, 2009

Dealul Cetăţuia dinspre Pţa. Mihai Viteazu

A view toward the Cetatuia hill, with the Belvedere Hotel and the Crucea de pe cetatuie heroes' memorial on top. Bank buildings, the Szeky and Babos palaces and some disrepaired apartment houses and blocks of flats are seen toward the Mihai Viteazu square downhill.

Jun 25, 2009

Terasă pe Dealul Cetăţuia

Terrace on the Cetatuia hill, overlooking the city in a sharp contrast between a calm green oasis and the muddled buildings downhill.

May 23, 2009

Terasă pe Dealul Cetățuia

Terasă pe Dealul Cetățuia; în jos se văd clădirile orașului ca fundal.

May 18, 2009

Pietoni spre Piața Mihai Viteazu

Trecerea de pietoni dintre piața agroalimentară (Complexul Leul) si Piața Mihai Viteazu. În planul îndepărtat se văd turnurile palatelor Szeky si Babos, firma Băncii Transilvania de pe Starda Barițiu și Dealul Cetățuia.

Pedestrians through Mihai Viteazu Square. Szeky and Babos Palaces, Transilvania Bank Logo and the Cetățuia (Fortress) Hill are visible behind.

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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