urban cluj: graffiti

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Apr 27, 2010

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Feb 25, 2010

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Jan 19, 2010

Mural depicting the city of Cluj, on the wall of Bulgakov Cafe patio. Besides this serene medieval representation you can read some historical names of the city and a reference to its largely known status of capital city of Transylvania.

Jan 11, 2010

... is everywhere

Dec 7, 2009

Legal herbs

This kind of shops where you can buy 'aromatic' plants, seeds and salts (in fact, alternative products to get high) are controversial, but still legal.

Nov 22, 2009

Peace Frog

Nov 17, 2009

Roofs and apartments

Roofs and apartments in central area.

Nov 7, 2009

Cluj life

Clujlife.com stencil graffiti.

Oct 22, 2009

A îmbrăţişa o bombă

Girl hugging a bomb stencil graffiti.

Oct 14, 2009

High graffiti

Graffiti on the top of a building in Lucian Blaga square.

Sep 6, 2009

Liceul de muzică

Roman ruins (2-4 centuries BCE) in front of the "Sigismund Toduta" Music High School (housed in a 15th century former Franciscan monastery).

Jul 23, 2009

Figuri la o spălătorie auto

Graffiti at the entrance of a car wash in Marasti neighborhood.

Jul 19, 2009

Graffiti la trompetă

"Because the sound reach..."

Jul 8, 2009

Graffiti, discuţie şi curiozitate

Graffiti scene with a talking couple and a curious lady.

Jun 28, 2009

Miracol pe strada Dragalina

Graffiti growing from the meeting of a yellow building and the green grass near cars at the stop, on Dragalina street. A young lady calmly notices this creation.

Jun 17, 2009

Un pat la ghena de gunoi

A decayed bed used by homeless people in a garbage area near the Abator Square.

May 27, 2009

Graffiti & afise

Old stencil graffiti and recent posters promoting the next DJ invited by Club Midi, on the Cinema Victoria's blue wall.

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.