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Things to do in Cluj-Napoca
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Sightlore has 24 places to explore in Cluj-Napoca, and 10 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Cluj-Napoca's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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St. Michael's Church
The St. Michael's Church is a Gothic-style Roman Catholic church in Cluj-Napoca. It is the second largest church (after the Biserica Neagră of Brașov) in the geographical region of Transylvania, Romania.
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Cluj-Napoca Hintz House
The Mauksch–Hintz House is a historic building on the Main Square of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, which houses the first pharmacy in the city.
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Cluj-Napoca Evangelical Church
The Evangelical Church is a place of worship for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was built between 1816 and 1829, following plans drawn by the architect Georg Winkler.
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Cluj-Napoca Franciscan Church
The Franciscan Church is a place of worship in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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Matthias Corvinus House, Cluj-Napoca
The Matthias Corvinus House is one of the oldest buildings in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania. It was built in the 15th century, in the gothic style, as a small guesthouse.
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Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca
The Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral is the most famous Romanian Orthodox church of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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Cluj-Napoca Bánffy Palace
Bánffy Castle is a baroque building of the 18th century in Cluj-Napoca, designed by the German architect Johann Eberhard Blaumann. Built between 1774 and 1775 it is considered the most representative for the baroque style of Transylvania.
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Cluj-Napoca Unitarian Church
The Cluj-Napoca Unitarian Church is a Unitarian church located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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Cluj-Napoca National Theatre
The Lucian Blaga National Theatre is in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, sharing its building with the Romanian Opera.
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Unirii Square
Piața Unirii (Romanian for Union Square) is the largest and most important square in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca.
Discovery routes in Cluj-Napoca
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Cluj-Napoca: Union Square and the old town
From Union Square and St. Michael's Church to the Hintz House, the Lutheran Church, the Matthias Corvinus House and the Franciscan Church; past the Bánffy Palace and the Unitarian Church to the Orthodox Cathedral and the National Theatre.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Matthias Corvinus House, Cluj-Napoca
The Matthias Corvinus House is one of the oldest buildings in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania. It was built in the 15th century, in the gothic style, as a small guesthouse.
Cluj-Napoca National Theatre
The Lucian Blaga National Theatre is in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, sharing its building with the Romanian Opera.
Házsongárd Cemetery
Hajongard cemetery (officially Central Cemetery, in Hungarian Házsongárdi temető, from German Hasengarten), on Avram Iancu Street, is one of the oldest cemeteries in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, founded in the sixteenth century.
Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca
The Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca is one of the national opera and ballet companies of Romania. The Opera shares the same building with the National Theatre in Cluj-Napoca.
Museums
Cluj-Napoca Hintz House
The Mauksch–Hintz House is a historic building on the Main Square of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, which houses the first pharmacy in the city.
Cluj-Napoca Bánffy Palace
Bánffy Castle is a baroque building of the 18th century in Cluj-Napoca, designed by the German architect Johann Eberhard Blaumann. Built between 1774 and 1775 it is considered the most representative for the baroque style of Transylvania.
Art Museum of Cluj-Napoca
The Museum of Cluj-Napoca or National Art Museum, Cluj-Napoca, is an art museum housed in an important eighteenth-century Baroque building, the Cluj-Napoca Bánffy Palace, designed by German architect Johann Eberhard Blaumann.
Ethnographic Park Romulus Vuia
Romania's first open-air museum, in Cluj-Napoca, with about 200 exhibits.
Places of worship
St. Michael's Church
The St. Michael's Church is a Gothic-style Roman Catholic church in Cluj-Napoca. It is the second largest church (after the Biserica Neagră of Brașov) in the geographical region of Transylvania, Romania.
Cluj-Napoca Evangelical Church
The Evangelical Church is a place of worship for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was built between 1816 and 1829, following plans drawn by the architect Georg Winkler.
Cluj-Napoca Franciscan Church
The Franciscan Church is a place of worship in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Cluj-Napoca Unitarian Church
The Cluj-Napoca Unitarian Church is a Unitarian church located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca
The Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral is the most famous Romanian Orthodox church of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Reformed Church of the Lower Town, Cluj-Napoca
Also called the two-towered Reformed Church, one of the symbolic buildings of Cluj-Napoca and a listed historic monument.
Transfiguration Cathedral
The Transfiguration Cathedral, also known as the Minorites' Church, was donated in 1924 by the Holy See to the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church to serve as the Cathedral of the Cluj-Gherla Eparchy, after the move of the Eparchy's center from Gherla to Cluj.
Cluj-Mănăștur Calvaria Church
Calvaria Church was built in the district of Mănăștur in Cluj-Napoca. It was originally founded as a monastery for the Benedictines.
Reformed Church of Farkas Street
Reformed church near the Tailors' Bastion in Cluj-Napoca, one of the city's most valuable buildings.
"Uphill" Holy Trinity Orthodox church in Cluj-Napoca
The Church on the Hill is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 10 Bisericii Ortodoxe Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
Piarist Church, Cluj
The Piarist Church (Romanian: Biserica Piariștilor, also known as the Jesuit Church (Biserica Iezuiților) or the University Church (Biserica Universității); Hungarian: piarista templom), located at 5 Str.
Monuments
Unirii Square
Piața Unirii (Romanian for Union Square) is the largest and most important square in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca.
Saint Mary the Protector monument in Cluj-Napoca
Baroque plague column erected in Cluj in 1744 by the Austrian sculptor Anton Schuchbauer.
Nature
Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden
The Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden, officially Alexandru Borza Cluj-Napoca University Botanic Garden, is a botanical garden located in the south part of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Cluj-Napoca Central Park
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 Someșul Mic River.
Salina Turda
Salina Turda is a salt mine in the Durgău-Valea Sărată area of Turda, the second largest city in Cluj County, northwest Transylvania.
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