Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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4.3 km
48 m
Explore Cluj-Napoca in Romania with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in Cluj-NapocaIndividual Sights in Cluj-NapocaSight 1: Saint Peter
Saint Peter's Church is a Roman Catholic church located on 21 December 1989 Blvd. 85, from Cluj-Napoca. The church was built in its current form in neo-Gothic style in the mid-nineteenth century, on the foundation of an older church dating from the fifteenth century.
Wikipedia: Biserica Sfântul Petru din Cluj-Napoca (RO), Url Miserend
Sight 2: Biserica Reformată-Calvină din Orașul de Jos
The Calvinist-Reformed Church in the Lower Town, also called the Reformed Church with 2 towers, located on Bd. 21 December 1989 nr. 41, is one of the symbolic buildings of Cluj-Napoca, being classified as a historical monument, with code LMI CJ-II-m-B-07264.
Sight 3: Dormition of the Theotokos Orthodox Cathedral
The Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral 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.
Wikipedia: Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca (EN)
Sight 4: Lucian Blaga National Theatre
The Lucian Blaga National Theatre is in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, sharing its building with the Romanian Opera.
Sight 5: Transfiguration Greek-Catholic Cathedral
The Transfiguration Cathedral is a historical and architectural monument in Cluj-Napoca. The edifice was built between 1775-1779 in baroque style. Since 1924 it has served as the cathedral of the Greek-Catholic Diocese of Cluj-Gherla. The church is located on the current Eroilor Boulevard, at nr. 10.
Sight 6: Capitoline Wolf
The Capitoline Wolf Statue in Cluj-Napoca, Romania is located on Eroilor Boulevard, in the city centre on the banks of the Someșul Mic River.
Sight 7: Unitarian Church
The Cluj-Napoca Unitarian Church is a Unitarian church located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Sight 8: Evangelical-Lutheran Church
The Evangelical-Lutheran Synodo-Presbyterian Church of Cluj-Napoca is a place of worship of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Romania. The building is located in Cluj, Bulevardul 21 decembrie 1989, nr. 1, and was built between 1816-1829, according to the plans of architects Georg Winkler and Christian Kiermeyer. The construction harmoniously combines elements of baroque with neoclassical style. In its walls were embedded stones from the so-called Round Bastion.
Sight 9: Mauksch–Hintz House (1841)
The Mauksch–Hintz House is a historic building on the Main Square of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, which houses the first pharmacy in the city.
Sight 10: Cluj-Napoca Franciscan Church
The Franciscan Church is a place of worship in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was built between 1260 and 1290, on the site of an older Catholic church destroyed during the Tatar invasions in 1241.
Sight 11: Resurrection Church (Bob Church)
The Bob church is the first Greek-Catholic church that was built in 1803 in the city of Cluj, Transylvania, at that time part of the Austrian Empire. The name of the church comes from the Romanian noble Ioan Bob, later bishop of the Romanian Greek-Catholic church, who paid for the construction of the church.
Sight 12: Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania
The Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania is situated in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. With a history of almost 100 years, the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania is one of the first and greatest of its kind in Romania. It has two exhibition sections, one of which is to be found in downtown Reduta Palace, while the other exhibition section is the open-air Romulus Vuia Park situated on the city's north-west side, in Hoia Forest.
Wikipedia: Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania (EN), Website
Sight 13: Parcul Central Simion Bărnuțiu
Central Park is a large public, urban park in central Cluj-Napoca. It was founded in the 19th century and it located on the southern shore of Someşul Mic River. The Park is now home to the University of Arts and Design and to the Chemistry Faculty of the Babeş-Bolyai University.
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