Disco inferno

Run-down urban corner: former Atlantic discotheque.

Children playground

Children playground in front of apartment blocks in Manastur neighborhood.

Playing guitar

Poor man playing guitar.

Cinema Dacia

Former Dacia cinema in really bad shape.

Multi-deck parking

Multi-deck parking under construction in Manastur neighborhood.

Housing development

High-density housing development in Manastur neighborhood.

Cemetery

The Manastur Cemetery lays on a hill, in the SW part of the city.

Abandoned bar

Abandoned terrace bar in Manastur neighborhood, seen in sepia.

Calvaria

The Benedictine abbey of Kolozsvar-Monostur known today as the Calvaria Church was founded in the 11th century under the rule of the Hungarian kings Bela I and Ladislaus I. In 1508, during the reign of Vladislas II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, it become one of the most important institution of secular instruction in the city. In 1581 Stephen Bathory, Prince of Transylvania and King of Poland transferred the convent to the Jesuits, in relation with the foundation of a university college here. Starting with the 18th century, it functioned as a Roman-Catholic, Greek-Catholic, Greek-Orthodox and again Roman-Catholic church. You can see other details of the same church as previously posted here and here.

Crisis

Effects of financial crisis: closed cashpoint.

Church detail

Detail of the Calvaria church in Manastur neighborhood.

Un ceas de piatra

Sun clock on the Calvaria church wall.