Salina Turda

About Salina Turda - history
Founded in Roman times, exploited by the Austrians, Hungariansand then by the Romans, Turda Salt Mine consists of Rudolf,Ghizela Mina, Mina Theresa, Franz Josef Gallery.
After leaving the Romanians in Transylvania until the eleventhcentury, the Turda salt mines was abandoned. Since 1075, mine is mentioned in several documents of the Hungarian Chancellery andXV century begins large-scale exploitation of salt vein. During the Austro-Hungarian domination of the mine, mine was expandedgreatly, becoming one of the major sources of salt of the Empire.
Was the most prolific period in the history of me several hugegalleries and rooms were carved in salt mining and mine got some of the best equipment available at that time. Since the end of the nineteenth century, salt has entered a period of decline and wasdefinitely closed in 1932 due to low efficiency.
Twenty years ago, mine was reopened as a tourist attraction, andthree years ago has been restored and turned into what it is today.
In the period January 2008 - January 2010 took place a process to modernize the Turda Salt. After it was created a new look andenhanced functionality of Turda Salt. In Mina there Rudolf now a concert hall, sports ground, Bowling, miniature golf, but also ahuge gondola and a lift installed for people who go harder. In MinaTeresa built a wharf on the lake with boats that allow touristswalking on the salt lake.

Program. Salina is open from Monday to Sunday, between 9:00and 17:00, the latest access 15.00. Details of charges here.

Location. The city is located in Cluj Turda, about 30 km southeast of the city of Cluj-Napoca. Join Home: Str. No. Durgaului Alley. 7.Join Old Street. No salt. 54b. View Salina Turda on the map.

To visit the area. Besides mine, near Turda Gorge you can visit(a nature reserve established in 1938), Roman camp at Potaissaand Zoological Park in the Turda salt baths, Turenilor Keys,Calvin Reformed Church, Tomb of Michael the Brave.

Muzeul Arhiepiscopiei Ortodoxe Cluj Napoca

Inaugurated on May 22, 1938, under the protection of BishopNicolae Colan, Orthodox Archdiocese Museum in Cluj-Napocahas gone through many transformations. The existence of the museum ends in the years of World War II.Like any museum, the Museum of Cluj-Napoca Orthodox Archdiocese has now become Keeper of the material and spiritualvalues ​​of mankind. A part of the history of these values ​​go down, while, over the centuries and is reflected in ancient religious artcollection, housed today at the Palace of the Orthodox Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj, on the second floor.
In 1975, the museum of religious art from the Diocesan Center in Cluj-Napoca has settled, finally, by Theophilus Herineanu interest,to the sanctuary meant to preserve some of the most authenticreligious and artistic creations, stemming from Transylvanianspirituality, easily accessible to all who wish to know and toinvestigate them.

Visitors from home and abroad recorded in their impressions of the Book of Honor museum, praise for the organization and the value of the works exhibited here. Material housed in two rooms of the museum are grouped thematically and diocesan matters and can admire: religious objects, icons on wood and glass,antimicrobial, vestments, chalices, manuscripts and prints, various other documentary materials.

People from Cluj or Cluj are invited tourists visiting this museum, where religious art is prominently and conquer the richness of scenery, the beauty, the value of ancient art and many partsexposed.
Among the museum exhibits, which will be available in autumn andthe general public include the history of Archdiocese documents and objects, religious objects and manuscripts and prints. Of these, stands the old Slavonic pall of Meadows Iza (Glodului), dated 03.09.1632 - The oldest exhibit - or parchment from FeleacXV century, where Bishop Daniel said of Feleac document issuedin March in February 1595.

Address: Piata Avram Iancu no. 18, Cluj-Napoca.

Exhibition of religious icons