urban cluj: bloc

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Apr 17, 2010

Mar 19, 2010

Block

Apartment block in Plopilor residential area.

Oct 1, 2009

Copaci peste blocuri

Trees against blocks of flats in Plopilor zone.

Sep 9, 2009

Rufe la uscat în zona Abatorului

Clothes hanging over interior balconies to dry, in Abatorului zone.

Jul 1, 2009

O bere elegantă între blocuri

An elegant gentelman and a charming lady on a billboard advertising an Italian beer between some creepy packed and deteriorated blocks of flats, in Mihai Viteazu Square.

May 21, 2009

Blocuri în lumină

Blocuri din cartierul Mănăștur în lumina dimineții.

May 19, 2009

Fațade de clădiri reprezentând trei epoci arhitecturale pe strada Tipografiei: Sediul Comunității evreiești, probabil o construcție interbelică, un bloc tip anii '60-'70 și un sediu de birouri din anii 2000. Pomișorul din balconul blocului oferă o prospețime aparte întregului front al străzii.

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

Apr 17, 2010

Block & balconies

Mar 19, 2010

Block

Oct 1, 2009

Copaci peste blocuri

Sep 9, 2009

Rufe la uscat în zona Abatorului

Jul 1, 2009

O bere elegantă între blocuri

May 21, 2009

Blocuri în lumină

May 19, 2009

Fațade pe str. Tipografiei

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