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• The Hoia Forest and Hill

  author3 10/03/2015

  

  Is situated westward of Cetațuia Hill and represents an important weekend recreation place. The northern slope is covered with a mixed forest of hornbeam, cornel trees, hazelnut trees, wild apple trees, locust trees, common oak etc., with various blooming clearings where, occasionally, are taking place different concerts. The rich and diversified fauna is represented by mammals (meadow mice, wild cats,... Read more »

• The Cetatuia Park

  author3 09/03/2015

  

  Two years after the death of the empress Elisabeth – Austro-Hungarian emperor Franz Josef’s wife – the inhabitants named the promenade of the southern ridge of Cetatii Hill after the empress, also placing here her statue (which is nowadays in the Botanical Garden). In 1702, a marble cross was placed on Cetatuii Hill, but disappeared after World War I. In... Read more »

• „Simion Barnutiu” Central Park

  author3 04/03/2015

  

  Having a 180 years oldness, this is one of the main recreation places of Cluj-Napoca, situated on the bank of Somesul Mic. The history of the park begins in 1827, when the Women Charity Association rented the field to set up a recreation place. The park was opened to the public in the early ’30 of 19th century, being initially... Read more »

• Ruins of roman buildings

  author3 03/03/2015

  

  Ruins of roman buildings (Unirii Square) – were part of central square of the roman city Napoca (2nd century A.D. – 3rd century A.D.). These ruins had been overlapped in time by medieval, modern and contemporary buildings. The first archaeologycal research from Unirii Square were made in 1822. The actual research began in 1994 and pursued, with certain interruption, until... Read more »

• Pedestrian areas: Potaissa, Napoca and Universitatii

  author3 02/03/2015

  

  The second medieval fortress on Potaissa street was constructed in the 15th century, after 1405, when the city received the rank of Free Imperial City and the right to build defense walls and towers. For the construction of the walls, which lasted until the late sixteenth century, large blocks of stone were used. The fortress wall has a length of... Read more »

• Eroilor Pedestrian Area

  author3 25/02/2015

  

  Eroilor Boulevard is one of the most important arteries in Cluj-Napoca. From the late nineteenth century until 1919 was called Deak Ferenc utca, in translation “Deák Ferenc street.” Between the two world wars it was called the Queen Mary Street, while under communists bear the name Dr. Petru Groza Street. During 2006 it was completely rebuilt the southern side of... Read more »

• Urania. Astoria. Metropol

  author3 24/02/2015

  

  Where Horea Street and Dacia Street cross each other, they say that there used to be a blacksmith’s workshop. This blacksmith turned his yard into a movie theater. In 1910, it was on this site that András Udvardi built Urania Palace, which housed a modern 400-seat movie theater, 10 stores and 17 apartments. The building, in the Austrian secession style,... Read more »

• The Council House

  author3 23/02/2015

  

  Recorded since 1537, the building known as the Council House (as city’s notables would carry out their activity here) was located on the site of the former town hall. Throughout history, it was destroyed and rebuilt several times. The first reconstruction took place in 1650 in Renaissance style, on its frontispiece there are placed the seven royal blazons of the... Read more »