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Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n city of Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...
, built during Nicolae Ceauşescu
Nicolae Ceausescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian Communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's second and last Communist leader...
's systematisation programme on the site of an older settlement. Its population as of 2007 is approximately 126,600. It is home to the Cluj-Napoca Calvaria Church
Cluj-Napoca Calvaria Church
Calvaria Church was built in the small village of Mănăştur near Cluj-Napoca . A small Benedictine abbey surrounded by defensive walls, Calvaria Church was built starting in the 9th-10th centuries.- Image gallery :...
, a Benedictine
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
abbey built in the 9th-10th centuries.
See also
- Grădinile MănăşturGradinile ManasturGrădinile Mănăştur is one of the districts of Cluj-Napoca in Romania, located around the street Calea Mănăştur. It is sometimes confused with the Mănăştur district. Grădinile Mănăştur houses the Ursus breweries and the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca....
, a nearby district