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Mar 29, 2010

Sky and steeple

Sky and steeple from an inner court in a blue night.

Feb 7, 2010

Cathedral

St. Michael's cathedral against the winter evening sky.

Jan 24, 2010

Jan 21, 2010

Nov 25, 2009

Nov 12, 2009

Spire

Babos Palace spire against the clear sky.

Nov 6, 2009

Sky among buildings

Murky sky from the Universitatii street. Check out more skies worldwide at Skywatch Friday.

Oct 18, 2009

Hai cu paraşuta!

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

Oct 2, 2009

Norii de vineri

Friday skywatch. Visit here more skywatchers this week.

Aug 24, 2009

Steeple against the sky

Steeple against the summer sky on Donath street, in Grigorescu neighborhood.

Jul 31, 2009

Noaptea cade peste Mănăştur

Night falls over Manastur.

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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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