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The history of Cluj-Napoca covers the time from the Roman conquest of Dacia, when a Roman settlement named Napoca existed on the location of the later city, through the founding of Cluj and its flourishing as the main cultural and religious center in the historical province of Transylvania, until its modern existence as a city, the seat of Cluj County in north-western Romania.
Palace of Justice, Cluj-Napoca. The Palace of Justice in Cluj-Napoca, on Dorobanţilor Street, no.2, is an eclectic structure, built between 1898 and 1902, after the plans of the association Epitotarsasag, Kotsis, Smiel, Fodor es Reisinger. The Palace, with a total area of 19,950 m 2 (214,700 sq ft), [1] was projected by the architect Gyula Wagner.
Cluj-Napoca (/ ˈkluːʒnæˌpoʊkə / KLOOZH-na-POH-kə; Romanian: [ˈkluʒ naˈpoka] ⓘ), or simply Cluj (Hungarian: Kolozsvár [ˈkoloʒvaːr] ⓘ, German: Klausenburg), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country [5] and the seat of Cluj County.
The Cluj-Napoca regional headquarters of the Banca Română pentru Dezvoltare (BRD) (Romanian Bank for Development) was completed in 1997 after 4 years of work.It is the second tallest building in Cluj-Napoca (the tallest one being West City Tower), 50 m or 164 feet.
Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County seat, is the second largest city in Romania. With a population of more than 47,000 inhabitants, Turda is the second largest city in Cluj County. Dej Gherla Huedin. Cluj County has 5 municipalities, 1 town and 75 communes. Municipalities: Câmpia Turzii; pop. 22,223 (as of 2011) Cluj-Napoca – county seat; pop. 324,576
Cluj-Napoca Hintz House. The Mauksch–Hintz House is a historic building on the Main Square of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, which houses the first pharmacy in the city. The classicist façade dates back to the 1820s; the ground-floor and the basement however were built in the Renaissance era. A fresco from 1752 in the former office tells about the ...
The Transfiguration Cathedral (Romanian: Catedrala Schimbarea la Faţă), also known as the Minorites' Church (Romanian: Biserica Minoriţilor, Hungarian: Kolozsvári minorita templom), was donated in 1924 by the Holy See to the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church to serve as the Cathedral of the Cluj-Gherla Eparchy, after the move of the Eparchy's center from Gherla to Cluj.
The Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral (Romanian: Catedrala Adormirea Maicii Domnului) is the most famous Romanian Orthodox church of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.Built in a Romanian Brâncovenesc style, a synthesis of Renaissance and Byzantine architecture, it lies on the Avram Iancu Square, together with the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre and the Avram Iancu Statue.