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Cluj-Napoca ( Romanian: [ˈkluʒ naˈpoka] ⓘ ), or simply Cluj ( Hungarian: Kolozsvár [ˈkoloʒvaːr] ⓘ, German: Klausenburg ), is the second-most populous city in Romania [5] and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (445 kilometres (277 miles)), Budapest ...
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.
The list includes major cities with the status of municipiu (103 in total), as well as cities and towns with the status of oraș (216 in total). Romania has 319 cities and towns: one city with over 1 million inhabitants, 17 other cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, 153 cities with a population between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants, 110 ...
The Hoia Forest (Romanian: Pădurea Hoia, Hungarian: Hója erdő) is a forest situated to the west of the city of Cluj-Napoca, near the open-air section of the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania. The forest is used as a common recreation destination.
Timeline of Cluj-Napoca Roman Napoca on Tabula Peutingeriana Ruins of Napoca City coat of arms (starting 1377) Cluj in 1617 by Joris Hoefnagel Cluj Bridge Gate in 1860 Central Cluj in 1930 St. Michael's Church and Matthias Corvinus Monument in 2012 Cluj Arena in 2012 The following detailed sequence of events covers the timeline of Cluj-Napoca , a city in Transylvania, Romania . Cluj-Napoca ...
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.
Piața Unirii, Cluj-Napoca. Coordinates: 46.769306°N 23.59°E. Piața Unirii from the south-west. Piața Unirii ( Romanian for Union Square) is the largest and most important square in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca. The square is one of the largest in Romania, with dimensions of 220 m by 160 m. The central district of the city spreads out ...
The Matthias Corvinus Monument ( Romanian: Monumentul Matia Corvin; Hungarian: Mátyás király emlékmű) is a monument in Cluj-Napoca, Romania . This classified historic monument, conceived by János Fadrusz and opened in 1902, represents Matthias Corvinus. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania, classified ...