Cluj-Napoca Off The Beaten Path

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Huedin is a town in Judetul Cluj, on the way to Oradea. The town was founded in the Middle Ages. From 1330 up until 1848, the landlords of the town were the Bánffy family. In 1526, Huedin became part of the Principality of Transylvania.
A beautiful Gothic Reformed Church, built in the 13th century, is the main touristic objective of Huedin.

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Coming back from Ciucea we stopped at a village called Izvoru Crisului (Romanian) or Korosfo (Hungarian). The majority of the population is Hungarian. There are many craft shops along the road. The Reformed Church was built at the end of the 17th century. Awfully, it was closed when we arrived, at dusk.

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Ciucea is a village on the road to Oradea. The main attraction is the Memorial house of Octavian Goga, a Romanian poet and politician. In the land of the house there is a nice orthodox church built in the 16th century that is worth a visit (in my opinion, more that the museum itself). Visit my page on Ciucea for more details.

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As we had changed our plans the day before, and our friend had to work, we rented a car and travel on our own to the lakes. We took road E-60 to the west. At Gilau, we turned left and followed the road along the lakes Gilau and Tarnita, then we went up to Marisel. We entered the Natural Park Muntii Apuseni. Then we passed Fantanele and Belis, on the shore of the lake Belis.
On the way to Marisel the mountainsides are very steep, covered with fir trees. The temperature dropped as we went up, from 6ºC to -2ºC. Fortunately the snowfall would still wait some days and we could enjoy the day.

The Anti-Communist Resistance Monument (Monumentual Rezistentei Anitcomuniste) commemorates the victims of the Anti-Communist Resistance Movement in Cluj-Napoca.

It was unveiled on the 10th of June 2006.

The massive cube with a size of 6 x 6 x 6 metres was designed by the architect Salvanu Virgil.

Directions:
The Anti-Communist Resistance Monument stands near the Parcul Central (Central Park) at the crossing of the streets Emil Isac and George Baritiu.

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In front of the building of the National Theatre stand two statues, created to honouring for two great Romanian bards, which has a very important role into the national literature.
One of those is the Romanian star poet, Mihai Eminescu.
The other is Lucian Blaga, a great, talented poet that was very important for the Romanian people.
The complete artwork of the both poets is a great component of the spiritual capital of Romanians.

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The rider statue of Mihai Viteazul is an important monument in Cluj-Napoca.
It is placed into the Mihai Viteazul Square and is surrounded from a small park.
The sculptor that has created the statue is Marius Butunoiu, and the monument was discovered into the year 1976.
On the Bas-relief of the foundation was shown the successes of Mihai Viteazul: the successful Turk fights and the union of the three Romanian provinces, in the year 1600.

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The Georg statue is located in front of the Reformed Church; on the Kogalniceanu Street.
The monument is a copy after the model of Prague.
The sculptors, which created the original statue in Prague, were the two sculptor brothers Martin and Georg of Klausenburg.
The statue is 600 years old, and with that, the eldest bronze sculpture from Transylvania.