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ITINERARII Air Treks 10
® nic\ - strada `n oglind\. Fiecare cas\ este identic\ celei de peste drum,
de la structur\ [i form\ p‚n\ la detaliile arhitectonice, sculpturi ornamentale,
por]i, grilajele ferestrelor [i balcoane.
BASTIONUL CROITORILOR - MEMORIA ~NL|CRIMAT|
~n centrul Pie]ei {tefan cel Mare se `nal]\ catedrala mitropolitan\,
l\ca[ de cult ortodox zidit `n primii ani ai secolului XX, `n stil bizantin.
Cupola bisericii a fost modelat\ dup\ cea a Hagiei Sofia.
Pia]a marcheaz\ limita vechii cet\]i clujene. La c‚teva sute de metri se
reg\se[te singurul fragment din zidul fortifica]iei, care a supravie]uit anilor,
[i Bastionul Croitorilor, construit ca turn de observa]ie. ~n 5 februarie
1601, edilii au expus aici trupul ne`nsufle]it al lui Baba Novac, c\pitanul
lui Mihai Viteazul, ars de viu dup\ `nfr‚ngerea de la Mir\sl\u. Ast\zi, o
statuie [i numele str\zii din apropiere amintesc de soarta nefericitului
c\pitan. Un alt turn, cel al Pompierilor, se ridic\ solitar la c‚]iva kilometri
distan]\, pe malul Some[ului. Fortifica]ia a ap\rut `n secolul al XV-lea [i
proteja vechile ziduri ale cet\]ii, ridicate `n secolul al XIII-lea.
Str\zile Baba Novac [i Mihail Kog\lniceanu ne readuc `ncet spre Pia]a
Unirii, cu un popas la biserica reformat\, construit\ `n stil gotic t‚rziu `ntre
1486 [i 1510, cu ajutorul b\nesc al lui Matei Corvin. Pe latura nordic\ pot fi
v\zute `nc\ ghiulelele ce au p\truns `n zid `n timpul asediilor din secolele
XVI [i XVII.
Drumul trece pe l‚ng\ cl\direa Filarmonicii clujene, pe l‚ng\ impozanta
cl\dire a Universit\]ii Babe[-Bolyai, [i duce pe Strada Universit\-
]ii, la Biserica Piari[tilor, construit\ `ntre anii 1718 [i 1724, `ntr-un baroc
fermec\tor.
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Vitraliu / Stained glass window
® citadel’s walls and the Tailors’
Bastion, built by the tailors’ guild
as an observation tower.
On February 5, 1601, the city
leaders displayed there the body
of Baba Novac, a captain in the
army of ruler Mihai the Brave,
burned alive after the defeat at
Miraslau.
Today, a statue and the name
of a nearby street are remembrances
of the captain’s sad fate.
Another tower, of the firefighters,
stands solitary a few kilometers
away, on the bank of the Somes
River.
It was built in the 15 th century
to protect the old city walls, dating
from the 13 th century.
Baba Novac and Mihail Kogalniceanu
streets bring the visitor
back to Unirii Square, with a stop
at the Protestant church built in a
late Gothic style between 1486 and
1510, with financial support from
Matei Corvin. The unrest of the
Reformation prevented people
from entering there for ceremonies
until 1579, when Prince Bathory
gave it to the Jesuits. In 1662, the
leaders’ council decided the
church would be used by Protestants,
who remain in charge of it,
even today. The holes made by
projectiles during sieges in the 16 th
and 17 th
centuries are still visible
on the northern side.
THE INN OF ROYAL
TRAVELERS
The road goes further along
the building of the Cluj Philharmonic
Orchestra, the imposing
Babes-Bolyai University building
and leads to University Street and
the Piarist Church, built between
1718 and 1724, in charming
baroque.
Crossing Unirii Square, the visitor
can walk down Corvin Street
to see Cluj’s oldest laic building:
the Matei Corvin Memorial House,
a gothic building dating back to
the 14 th
century. In spite of its
name, the building did not belong
to Corvin’s family. It was an inn
where the king’s mother, Erzsebet
Szilagyi, lived and where Matei
Corvin was born and lived his first
months.
Museum Square got its name
from the nearby Transylvanian
History Museum. Set up in 1859
by the Transylvanian Museum
Society and functioning in the current
headquarters since 1932, the
institution presents a broad history
of Transylvania.
The collections include a lapidary
with Roman and medieval
engraved stones and a treasure of
about 4,000 pieces of gold and silver
jewelry, harnesses, clothing accessories,
coins and medals.
The Franciscan Church, ®