Cluj-Napoca art galleries and exhibitions guideOur Cluj-Napoca arts and exhibitions guide covers fine art, contemporary art, sculpture, photography, museum shows and more.
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Special attractions
- Botanical Garden
- St. Michael Church
- Banffy Palace
- Matia House
- Tailors' Bastion
Botanical Garden "Alexandru Borza" The second most important in Europe, authentic botanical treasure, with a varied number of plants, some of them very rare, Botanical Garden covers an area of almost 14 hectares in the southern part of Cluj, managing to grow in time so that being a touristic sight in Cluj and a major educational and scientific space of the Babes-Bolyai University.
St. Michael Church - the church was built on the site of St. James Chapel between 1350-1487 and is one of the most valuable monuments of Gothic architecture in Transylvania. The altar was made around 1390 and the tower was built in 1860. Wall paintings were executed in the fifteenth century and the stained glass and sculptures are well preserved.
Banffy Palace - built between 1774 and 1785 on the edge of a rectangular courtyard by Count György Banffy, is considered to be the most representative building in Baroque style in Transylvania. Rococo has Banffy family emblem and statues of characters from Roman mythology: Mars, Apollo, Diana, Perseu, Minerva and Hercules.
Matia House - Initially Steven Kolb house, is one of the oldest architectural monuments in Cluj, the only Cluj palace of transition era from the Gothic to Renaissance style, in the building was born king Matia Corvin. In medieval times building was situated on Holy Spirit street, bearing the house number 258.
Tailors' Bastion - is one of the few towers that was part of fortification Old Castle of Cluj and has been preserved intact until today. It was funded by guild Tailors in Cluj. Each bastion (tower) of the medieval defense wall was financed by another guild (tailors, cobbler, carpenters, masons, saddler etc.).