Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 5.5 km
Ascend 52 m
Descend 62 m

Experience Cluj-Napoca in Romania in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in Cluj-NapocaIndividual Sights in Cluj-Napoca

Sight 1: Biserica cu Cocoș

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The Reformed Church with Rooster is a historical and architectural monument, the work of the architect Károly Kós. The edifice was built in the years 1913-1914 in the style of the Viennese Secession. It is located on Moilor Street no. 84, in the municipality of Cluj-Napoca. The southern tower of the church is decorated at the top with a rooster, from which the name of the edifice also comes.

Wikipedia: Biserica cu Cocoș din Cluj (RO)

821 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 2: Parcul Central Simion Bărnuțiu

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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.

Wikipedia: Cluj-Napoca Central Park (EN)

777 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 3: Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania

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Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania Attila Terbócs / CC BY-SA 3.0

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

231 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Resurrection Church (Bob Church)

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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.

Wikipedia: Bob Church, Cluj (EN)

411 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Mauksch–Hintz House (1841)

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The Mauksch–Hintz House is a historic building on the Main Square of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, which houses the first pharmacy in the city.

Wikipedia: Cluj-Napoca Hintz House (EN)

43 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Evangelical-Lutheran Church

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Evangelical-Lutheran Church Roamataa / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Evangelical-Lutheran Synod-Presbyterian Church of Cluj-Napoca is a place of worship of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Romania. The edifice is located in the municipality of Cluj, 21 December 1989 Boulevard, no. 1, and was built between 1816 and 1829, according to the plans of the architects Georg Winkler and Christian Kiermeyer. The construction harmoniously combines elements of the Baroque with the neoclassical style. The stones of the so-called Round Bastion were incorporated into its walls.

Wikipedia: Biserica Evanghelică din Cluj (RO)

228 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Cluj-Napoca Franciscan Church

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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.

Wikipedia: Cluj-Napoca Franciscan Church (EN), Url Miserend

374 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Turnul Pompierilor

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The Firefighters' Tower, formerly called the Locksmiths' Tower, is located on Tipografiei Street in Cluj-Napoca.

Wikipedia: Turnul Pompierilor din Cluj-Napoca (RO)

202 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Unitarian Church

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Unitarian Church

The Cluj-Napoca Unitarian Church is a Unitarian church located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Wikipedia: Cluj-Napoca Unitarian Church (EN)

298 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Capitoline Wolf

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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.

Wikipedia: Capitoline Wolf Statue, Cluj-Napoca (EN)

98 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Transfiguration Greek-Catholic Cathedral

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The Transfiguration Cathedral is a historical and architectural monument in Cluj-Napoca. The edifice was built between 1775 and 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 Heroes' Boulevard, at no. 10.

Wikipedia: Catedrala Schimbarea la Față din Cluj (RO)

523 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 12: Lucian Blaga National Theatre

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The Lucian Blaga National Theatre is in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, sharing its building with the Romanian Opera.

Wikipedia: Cluj-Napoca National Theatre (EN)

290 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Dormition of the Theotokos Orthodox Cathedral

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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)

286 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Biserica Reformată-Calvină din Orașul de Jos

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Biserica Reformată-Calvină din Orașul de Jos

The Calvinist Reformed Church in the Lower City, also called the Reformed Church with 2 towers, located on 21 December 1989 Blvd. no. 41, is one of the symbolic edifices of the city of Cluj-Napoca, being classified as a historical monument, with the code LMI CJ-II-m-B-07264.

Wikipedia: Biserica Reformată din Cluj-Orașul de Jos (RO)

868 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 15: Saint Peter

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The "Saint Peter" Church is a Roman Catholic church located on 21 December 1989 Blvd., no. 85, in Cluj-Napoca. The place was built in its current form in neo-Gothic style in the middle of the nineteenth century, on the foundation of an older church dating from the fifteenth century.

Wikipedia: Biserica Sfântul Petru din Cluj-Napoca (RO), Url Miserend

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