Mănăștur
Mănăștur (Hungarian Kolozsmonostor; German Abtsdorf) is a district of the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca which has been a part of the city since 1895.
Calvaria Church
Its population as of 2007 was of approximately 126,600.
History
Middle Ages
Mănăștur is home to the Calvaria Church, a Benedictine abbey built in the 9th-10th centuries.
20th century
After the German-Italian arbitrated 1940 Second Vienna Award, Kolozsmonostor (Mănăștur) was situated 1 km from the border with Romania, at Erdőfelek/Feleacu.
The district was changed during Nicolae Ceaușescu's systematisation urban reconstruction program, when many blocks of flats were built, which housed a mainly working class population.[1]
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See also
- Grădinile Mănăștur, a nearby district
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