urban cluj: case

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Feb 16, 2010

Houses, cars and traffic signs

Dec 29, 2009

Housing development

High-density housing development in Manastur neighborhood.

Dec 26, 2009

Oct 26, 2009

Copaci de toamnă

Trees against houses in Gruia neighborhood.

Oct 17, 2009

Case în Grigorescu

Refurbished houses in Griorescu neighborhood.

Aug 26, 2009

Aug 22, 2009

Clădirea Prefecturii

The Prefecture Palace, built in Art Nouveau style at the turn of the 20th century, seen on a background of houses.

Aug 19, 2009

Houses on the hill

New houses on the hill, in Grigorescu residential area.

Aug 11, 2009

O poartă în paragină

Derelict wooden gate of an old Saxon-style house on Inochentie Micu Klein street.

Aug 7, 2009

Jul 20, 2009

Jul 13, 2009

Balcon în cartierul Grigorescu

Balcony in Grigorescu residential area.

Jul 4, 2009

Noi case în Zorilor

New, crowded houses in Zorilor neighborhood.

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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