urban cluj: dealuri

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Oct 16, 2009

Prima zăpadă

Snow fell on the city and the surrounding hills over the past days.

Oct 2, 2009

Norii de vineri

Friday skywatch. Visit here more skywatchers this week.

Aug 19, 2009

Houses on the hill

New houses on the hill, in Grigorescu residential area.

Jul 31, 2009

Noaptea cade peste Mănăştur

Night falls over Manastur.

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Jul 29, 2009

O plimbare pe malul Someşului

Promenade on the banks of the Somes river.

Jul 24, 2009

Dezvoltare spre Floreşti

Suburban development on the west side of the city. Bator and Lunitie Hills are seen beyond Floresti Village.

Jun 18, 2009

Mănăștur Vest Panoramic din parcarea Polus

The Manastur Vest Panoramic residential complex being constructed uphill, behind the Polus Center commercial mall.

Jun 6, 2009

Aerial view over the city center with the tower of St. Michael's cathedral on the left. Green hills and the buildings on the hillside between Manastur and Zorilor neighborhoods are visibile on the background.

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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