urban cluj: vitrină

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Apr 8, 2010

Feb 15, 2010

Dec 30, 2009

Dec 5, 2009

Jul 14, 2009

Un urs de paie la farmacie

Straw teddy bear holding a honey hive in a pharmacy window.

Jul 10, 2009

The Central Shopping Center was recently renovated and they added a copper net texture to some surfaces of the building. Also, some old pictures of the city were displayed behind mannequins in the windows.

May 20, 2009

Ritm

Vitrina unui bistro pe bulevardul Eroilor, noaptea. Fântâna din față îi reflectă luminile și ritmul calm ...

A bistro window on the Eroilor blvd., by night. The fountain in front reflects the lights and its calm rhythm...

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 8, 2010

Almost everything

Feb 15, 2010

Winter mystery

Dec 30, 2009

Betting store

Dec 5, 2009

Pharmacy Museum

Jul 14, 2009

Un urs de paie la farmacie

Jul 10, 2009

Magazinul Central renovat

May 20, 2009

Ritm

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