{"id":7813,"date":"2023-06-12T22:55:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T20:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilupin.com\/en\/?page_id=7813"},"modified":"2025-06-09T14:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T12:17:10","slug":"2023-06-10-cluj-to-lyon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ilupin.com\/en\/travels\/eastern-europe\/romania\/2023-06-10-cluj-to-lyon\/","title":{"rendered":"Cluj-Napoca to Lyon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. Enlightenment philosophers of the Transylvanian School<\/a> Samuil Micu-Klein, Gheorghe \u0218incai and Petru Maior near the Babe\u0219-Bolyai University.\n<\/li>\n\n
  2. A polar bear demands animal liberation now. I shake his clawed paw.\n<\/li>\n\n
  3. Cluj surely needs restoration in places, but by the time I arrived, half the city had been dug up. One must consider every step. \n<\/li>\n\n
  4. The contours of future improvement are already visible.\n<\/li>\n\n
  5. Serbian hajduk Starina Novak<\/a>, burned by the Hungarians in 1601 near the Tailors\u2019 Tower of the 15th<\/sup> century (now the Centre for Urban Culture).\n<\/li>\n\n
  6. Greek Catholic Cathedral of St. Joseph will soon be as good as new.\n<\/li>\n\n
  7. I\u2019m taking care of it!\n<\/li>\n\n
  8. A baroque opera house with modern elements in a beautiful frame of pavement and greenery. Built by the Austrians in 1906.\n<\/li>\n\n
  9. Lawyer and revolutionary Avram Iancu<\/a> bathes in a fountain near the Dormition of the Theotokos neo-Byzantine Orthodox Cathedral.\n<\/li>\n\n
  10. The severe bishop Nikolae Ivan<\/a> tenderly holds a model of the cathedral, erected on his initiative in 1923-33.<\/span>\n<\/li>\n\n
  11. The monument to the Romanian soldier was opened in 1996 on the site of the monument to Soviet tank crews. A holy place is never empty. \n<\/li>\n\n
  12. The SMURD<\/a> helicopter rushes to the rescue.\n<\/li>\n\n
  13. On the outskirts of the city, I almost accidentally came across a free observation deck, criminally ignored by the guidebooks.\n<\/li>\n\n
  14. The mirror roof alone is worth it!\n<\/li>\n\n
  15. The tiled ones are quite nice as well. In the centre, the 80-meter tower of the St. Michael\u2019s Church flaunts.\n<\/li>\n\n
  16. Irish plane glides thoughtfully over Romanian rooftops.\n<\/li>\n\n
  17. The spires of Transylvanian Bank, Richter pharmacy and Digi store. And the snow-white Belvedere Hotel at the top of Cet\u0103\u021buia Hill.\n<\/li>\n\n
  18. From this angle, the statue of Avram Iancu (on the right) looks rather modest compared to the Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral.\n<\/li>\n\n
  19. On the right the Baroque Unitarian Church of 18th<\/sup> century (the main one in Romania), on the far left the Cathedral of St. Joseph under construction.\n<\/li>\n\n
  20. Let\u2019s sync watches.\n<\/li>\n\n
  21. Culinary posters for the 2006 Transylvania International Film Festival.\n<\/li>\n\n
  22. May poster for the competition of young artists<\/a> in the Matthias Corvinus Gallery (he was born here) patronised by the University of Art and Design.\n<\/li>\n\n
  23. My Lord, you\u2019re my everything! Donor\u2019s roulette in a 13th<\/sup>-century Franciscan church. I was given (political) prisoners, such is the time.\n<\/li>\n\n
  24. In the market square of Avram Iancu, a doggy of a dubious breed reflects on the futility of all things.\n<\/li>\n\n
  25. Couldn\u2019t be more natural.\n<\/li>\n\n
  26. Airport of Avram Iancu.\n<\/li>\n\n
  27. Tender sky.\n<\/li>\n\n
  28. Motherland.\n<\/li>\n\n
  29. Saint-Exup\u00e9ry evening.\n<\/li>\n\n
  30. This is how I rode from the station, and it\u2019s quite convenient, I recommend to everyone. See you! \n<\/li>\n\n<\/ol><\/div>\n\n\n\n