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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 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 ...
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.
Calvaria Church ( Romanian: Biserica Romano-Catolică Calvaria de la Cluj-Mănăștur, Hungarian: Kolozsmonostori apátság) was built in the small village of Mănăștur near Cluj-Napoca (today a district of Cluj-Napoca). A small Benedictine abbey surrounded by defensive walls, Calvaria Church was built starting in the 9th-10th centuries.
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. [2]
Csaba Böjte (Hungarian: Böjte Csaba; [ˈbøjtɛ ˈt͡ʃɒbɒ] born January 24, 1959) is an ethnic Hungarian Franciscan friar, author, humanitarian, and director and founder of the Saint Francis Foundation of Deva, Romania.
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.
Bd. 21 Decembrie 1989 nr.1, Cluj-Napoca: Origin: 4 July 1920: Recognition: 1948 (by the state) Separated from: German Lutheran Church of Transylvania (hungarian-speaking congregations) Lutheran Church in Hungary (congregations from Crișana) Members: 20,168 (2011) Priests: 46: Places of worship: 47: Tertiary institutions: Protestant Theological ...