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Cluj-Napoca

 Cluj-Napoca is located in the area of the North-West of Romania, in the heart of Transylvania, on basin of Somes.
In north-Maramures, in the north-west-Salaj with is -Bistrita Nasaud with west-Bihor and in the south-Alba.

Judet (district) has a surface 6.674 km2 (respectively 2.8 % of the territory of the country)
population of: 727.000 inhabitants.

The town of Cluj-Napoca is the capital of the county (330.000 inhabitants, it center the industrial and cultural main thing of the country, being located on terraces of Somes, with a glorious past reflected in the old men buildings and streets, nowadays a beautiful very gravitational city: Campia Turzii; Dej; Gherla; Huedi.

Climate: it continental is moderated, with fresh summers and winters not very cold. Here two principal climatic sectors: the mountain and sectors of the hills, according to the structure of relief, them precipitations are variable, the winds blow of the west and of the North-West.

River Somes cuts the county, while running out of south-west and the North-East, it gathers many affluents: Somesul Cald, Somesul Rece, Nadas, Borsa. Part moreover river of Ram with its affluents: Iara, Hasdate, bathe the ground of the county of Cluj-Napoca.
Mountains of Gilau (large mountains) - initially in terms of importance and surface, they are framed, in the south, by valley of the Ram, and Somes, in north. The characteristic principal is given by the remarkable softness of the structures which often appear as true plains, unequal and crosses by valleys:
Mountains Bihor represents it solid mass Vladeasa (1838 m), the volcanic rock is prevalent. This Abrupt mountain of din of Pietrele Alba (1557 m), in an ocean of forests. While going up have finds houses to scatter has is of Pitorescul.

The Turda throats (to 8 km of Turda), forming a marvellous landscape of Karst. The river of Hasdate cut out in the stone a corridor impressing of more than 3 kilometers length.
The corridor is kept by an abrupt rock, rising up to 350. In the throats of Turda one can admire various species of butterflies and roughly 1.000 species the greatest number in Romania

The lake Legii (close to the village of Legii), is a natural reserve in particular for the migratory birds.
The lake pricks, ornithological reserve (4-5 kilometers of Gherla), it represent "a miniature delta";
The lake Geaca, ornithological reserve natural, (3 kilometers of the North-East of Mociu), on the road of Cluj-Napoca Reghin, with species of birds rare.
The lake Fantanele, on Somesul higher Cald.
Floroiu (to 20 kilometer of the valley of Dragan).
The lake anthropic of Tarnita with the goal of power;
The lake anthropic saline Turda, forming the complexes lacustrian;
The lake anthropic saline Cojocna, forming the complexes lacustrian;
The lake anthropic saline Ocna Dejului, forming the complexes lacustrian;
The saline lake anthropic Sic, forming the complexes lacustrian.

In the north of Fanatele Clujului-(3-4 km of Cluj-Napoca), botanical reserve where a vegetable world complexes steppe saw (specific to Asia and Europe of Is);
Suatu-(26 km in the east of Cluj-Napoca), botanical reserve with elements of steppe.

Belis Fantanele permanent thermal spa, (at an altitude of 1350 m and of 25 km of Huedin, on 161B of Huedin). The lake of the stopping offers many possibilities of leisures.

The skiers can appreciate the ski pistes which abound of snow. In the village of Belis, the tourists can find housing in private farms.

The station of Baisoara (55 km of Cluj-Napoca), on the Eastern side of the solid mass of mare of Muntele to 1385 m). Can count over 171 days of snowing up it is popular among amateurs of winter sports. Hunting and fishings can as well be practised there.
The thermal spa of Baita (1 km of Gherla and 43 km of Cluj-Napoca.
The Bastion of the old fortress of Cluj-Napoca, which is completely preserved, current construction is a repair of 1672.

The medieval Fortress of Bologa, one mentions it in a document of 1322. It belonged to the voïvode of Wallachian, Mircea the elder one, at the end 14th century. The surrounding wall has length a 80 m high from 10 to 18 m.

The Castle-Bontida of Banffy (12th century), it was transformed in several occasions, important architectural monument of style baroque rebirth and models of Neo-gothic, today they is ruins).

The Castle - Gilau de Wass (15th-16èmes centuries), in the style of Rebirth, was temporarily inhabited by the family of Michael it courageous.

The church Michel Saint in Cluj-Napoca, construction started in 1350, and ensured two centuries. It is an impressive monument with one Gothic architecture sheltering remarkable interior paintings. turn, 80 m height was built between the years 1836 - 1862.

The reformed church with Cluj-Napoca, was built by King Mattei Corvin in 1486.

The Calvaria church in Cluj-Napoca, one mentions it in the documents of 1222, rebuilt at the 15th-16èmes centuries. In 1437, the agreement between noble and the victorious peasants of Bobalna were signed here.

The Orthodox Cathedral of Cluj-Napoca (1921-1933).
The Banffy Palate in Cluj-Napoca, it was built between 1774-1785, in the style baroque, it belonged to the account Gheorghe Banffy, the palate have marvellous paintings and sculptures. Nowadays, it accomodate the museum of art.

Room of Mattei Corvin, the oldest building with a floor with Cluj-Napoca, it is the birthplace of Mattei Corvin (1443), late king de Hungry;

Museum of history of Transylvania with Cluj-Napoca, it was founded in 1859 and has more than 150.000 articles (objects of the civilization of Dace)

Commemorative room "Octavian Goga" with Ciucea (180 km of Oradea), poet of village of Transylvania, politician (Prime Minister enters both world wars). It is the house of the poet who described the grounds Rumanian as it follows: "we have the green forests of fir trees and of silk like plains...".

The Botanical garden of Cluj-Napoca, represents one of the points of attraction city, it is one of the most famous gardens in Europe of south-east. The botanical garden was founded in 1872 and roughly 11000 species of all the continents. The exotic plants are maintained in the hot greenhouses which cover a surface of 2.000 m2 squares.

The Holy monument George with Cluj-Napoca, chief of work impressing made by sculptors Sailor and Gheorghe (in 1373). They astonished Europe whole with this monument. It is a copy of the famous statue of Prague (palate of Hradciani).
The statue of Mattei Corvin in Cluj-Napoca, an artistic work very valid presenting one of the most important personalities of history, Mattei Corvin, king de Hungry (1458-1490), constant with Cluj-Napoca, wire of Ioan Corvin de Hunedoara.

Equestrian statue of Michel the Brave man with Cluj-Napoca, in the honor of governor who achieved for the first time in the history the union of the three provinces and to make a country of them... Romania.

Rule of Novac baba in Cluj-Napoca, in the memory of this captain courageous of Michel the Brave man, killed with Cluj-Napoca.

Rule of Avram Iancu in Cluj-Napoca. The monument was set up at the place where Michel the Brave man at summer out of  killed in August 1601.

Monument of Bobalna the rising of the peasants of 1437 started here, an important monument of the fight of the peasants of Transylvania for social rights.

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