urban cluj: ferestre

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Apr 6, 2010

Post-industrial

Former Flacara factory of textile and ready-made clothes. It employed about 1,000 workers in its heydays .

Feb 28, 2010

Feb 24, 2010

Jan 21, 2010

Dec 11, 2009

Stained glass

Stained glass window in the Cinema Victoria lobby.

Oct 3, 2009

Roşii şi flori în geam

Tomatoes ripenning in the sun among flower pots on a latticed window.

Sep 5, 2009

Flori la ferestre în soarele de septembrie

Windows and flowers on a sad street in the September sun.

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 6, 2010

Post-industrial

Feb 28, 2010

Sad windows

Feb 24, 2010

Windows

Jan 21, 2010

Bricked windows

Dec 11, 2009

Stained glass

Oct 3, 2009

Roşii şi flori în geam

Sep 5, 2009

Flori la ferestre în soarele de septembrie

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