The Last Judgement

Cluj The Painted Monasteries

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June 30th 2006
After Sighisoara, I took a train to Cluj Napoca, hoping that I could take a train from there to Gura Humorului (hard to say) in the North of Romania to see the painted monasteries of Bucovina. I got there around 5:00 and the next train was at 11:00 and got there at 3:45 in the morning. So I decided to stay in Cluj, which is the largest city in Transylvania, I liked it a lot. It doesn't have the m ... read more

Europe » Romania

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The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their autonomy in 1856; they united in 1859 and a few years later adopted the new name of Romania. The country gained recognitio... ... read more