urban cluj: Mănăștur

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Mar 12, 2010

Sep 8, 2009

O biserică între blocuri

Romanic-style church surrounded by communist era blocks, green hills and an insinuating sky, in Manastur neighborhood.

Jul 31, 2009

Noaptea cade peste Mănăştur

Night falls over Manastur.

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Jul 5, 2009

Maşini seara la podul Calvaria

Dusk scene in Manastur neighborhood with cars entering the undercrossing of the Calvaria bridge.

Jun 1, 2009

Alpiniști utilitari

Alpiniști utilitari fixează un banner pe clădirea fostei poște din Piața Flora, cartierul Mănăștur, devenită la un moment dat bancă iar mai apoi centru de fitness...

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.

May 21, 2009

Blocuri în lumină

Blocuri din cartierul Mănăștur în lumina dimineții.

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 12, 2010

Sport graffiti