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• Saint Michael Roman Catholic Parish

  author3 18/02/2015

  

  Built in the mid-fifteenth century, the building of the Roman Catholic Parish has fulfilled various roles in the course of time. It housed the first Unitarian College and hosted the Emperor Joseph the Second when passing through the city of Cluj. During the communist period – due to its central location – the building of the parish was one of... Read more »

• The Roman Catholic Palaces

  author3 17/02/2015

  

  Built during the systematization of the city and the refurbishing of the central square, the twin buildings mark the access to the current Iuliu Maniu Street, also known as The Mirror Street because of the symmetrical display. Completed in 1899 and designed by Budapest architect Alpár Ignace, the two palaces hosted the most luxurious ground floor commercial spaces in the... Read more »

• The Rhedey Palace

  author3 16/02/2015

  

  In the Unirii Square, at the intersection with Street Napoca, the Rhédey Palace bears the name of the family who bought it in the early 18th century. Around 1500, on the site of the present Rhédey palace, there were four houses belonging to Cluj patricians. The Rhédey Palace was built on the site of those houses in an eclectic style.... Read more »

• The Josika Palace

  author3 11/02/2015

  

  Near the Rhédey Palace there is the Jósika Palace, also known as the “the House with Feet”. The palace was built on the former Cluj residence of the Transylvanian princes. On the site of the palace, before the aforementioned palace, there was the Kakas House, which was the shelter of the Transylvanian princes in the 16th century. The building became... Read more »

• The Wass Palace

  author3 10/02/2015

  

  The palace is situated in the Unirii square and its construction embraces 3 architectural styles: classic, rococo and renascence. The building was built in the 18th century and belonged to the Wass family, one of the oldest families of nobles from Transylvania established here around 1100. Due to the emblem on the front side of the building the palace is... Read more »

• The Hintz house

  author3 09/02/2015

  

  The Mauksch-Hintz house, on the Northern side of the Unirii Square on the corner with Ferdinand Street accommodates the permanent exposition of the Historical Collection of Pharmacy, collection that belongs to the National History Museum of Transylvania. The building was renovated in 1766, when a Pharmacy was arranged in an old house following the orders of the privileged pharmacist Tobias... Read more »

• The Wolphard-Kakas House

  author3 04/02/2015

  

  The Wolphard-Kakas House, located on the eastern side of the Union Square, at the intersection with Bulevardul Eroilor, was built in three stages, starting in 1534, until 1600. The Renaissance style prevails in the construction of the building. It is a prototype for the architecture of that era. The first phase of construction bears the mark of the Gothic style,... Read more »

• The Redoubt Palace

  author3 03/02/2015

  

  In the vicinity of the Union Square, going west on the old street of Manastur, now Memorandum Street, there lies the Redoubt Palace. The building presently houses the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania as it is one of the oldest buildings in Cluj, its construction going back to the 16th century. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the most important inn... Read more »