urban cluj: flori

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Apr 4, 2010

Mar 30, 2010

Dec 12, 2009

Nov 27, 2009

Nov 11, 2009

Flower pots

Creative flower pots in the Botanical Garden glasshouse.

Oct 13, 2009

Flori la balcon

Flowers on the balcony at the begging of Horea street.

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.

Sep 3, 2009

Regina-nopţii înspre Parcul Caragiale

Nicotianas at the entrance of Caragiale Park.

Aug 28, 2009

Bistro Viena

Two little twin girls running in front of Bistro Viena.

Jul 17, 2009

Cumpărăm şi flori

Elderly people buying flowers from the fresh market at Leul Multiplex, in Mihai Viteazu square.

Jul 13, 2009

Balcon în cartierul Grigorescu

Balcony in Grigorescu residential area.

Jun 13, 2009

Flori și computere

Flowers overwhelming from the patio of an old white house on the Fortăreței (fortress) street. A computer workshop & store is functioning there.

Jun 2, 2009

Mușcate pe Bd. Eroilor

Facades and windows with red geranium flowers on Eroilor Boulevard lit by night

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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