Conference excursion

Guided Tour 1 (Free tour) : The historical centre of Cluj
Walking tour
Maximum number of participants: 30
The participants will be divided into two separate groups.
The information regarding the groups will be available at the registration to the conference
Meeting and starting point:

• Group 1: the entrance of Babeș-Bolyai University
• Group 2: in front of Fondatorii Școlii Ardelene Statues in front of the main building of Babeș-Bolyai University

Date: September 12, 2023
Departure time: 15:00 PM
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Point of departure/arrival: the entrance of Babeș-Bolyai University
Language: English

The historical centre of Cluj (LAT: Castrum Clus/Claudiopolis, HU: Kolozsvár, GE: Klausenburg):

• 1. Museum Square (Old Fortress of Cluj, Dominican Convent/Franciscan Church, Carolina Obelisk) - Matia Corvin House, Heltai-Bocskai House
• 2. Union Square (ruins of the Roman city of Napoca, St. Michael’s Roman-Catholic Church, parish house of St. Michael’s Church, Matthias Corvin Statuary Group, Banffy Palace, Rhedey Palace, Mauksch-Hinz House, Mirror Street, former New York/Continental Hotel
• 3. Baroque square (Convictus Nobilium, Báthory-Apor Seminary, Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church) - “Babeș-Bolyai” University - University House - State Archives - Library of the Romanian Academy - Reformed College and Reformed Teachers’ Houses - “Matia” Reformed Church , the late medieval city wall and the Tailors’ Tower
• 4. Avram Iancu Square (National Theater and Opera House, Palace of Justice, Palace of Finance, Orthodox Cathedral of the Assumption, Avram Iancu Statue Group)
• 5. Heroes Avenue (Lupa Capitolina Statue, Greek-Catholic Cathedral of the Transfiguration, Memorandum Statue)

Guided Tour 2 (Free tour) : The historical churches of Cluj
Walking tour
Maximum number of participants: 30
Date: September 12, 2023
Departure time: 14:30 PM
Meeting and starting point: the entrance of the Academic College, Mihail Kogălniceanu str. nr. 3
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Point of departure/arrival: the entrance of Babeș-Bolyai University
Language: English

The historical churches of Cluj (LAT: Castrum Clus/Claudiopolis, HU: Kolozsvár, GE: Klausenburg) – with a focus on the multiconfessional community and religious architecture of the historical town (Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, Unitarian, Greak Orthodox, Greak Catholic and Mosaic)

• 1. The Dominican Convent/Franciscan Church, The St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church
• 2. The Lutheran Church
• 3. The Calvinist Church in the Kogălniceanu/Farkas street
• 4. The Unitarian Church
• 5. The Orthodox Cathedral of the Assumption
• 6. The Greek Catholic Cathedral of the Transfiguration
• 7. The Neologue Synagogue

Excursion 1: "The Versailles of Transylvania"
(45 Euro; snack and coffee included)
Bus tour
Maximum number of participants: 55
Date: September 12, 2023
Departure time: 15:00 PM
Meeting and starting point: secondary entrance of the main building of Babeș-Bolyai University from Emmanuel de Martonne Street
Duration: approx. 5.5 hours
Point of departure/arrival: the courtyard of Babes-Bolyai University
Language: English

"The Versailles of Transylvania" – Countryside nobelman’s residences in Transylvania. The Bánffy family castles of Bonțida (HU: Bonchida, GE: Bonisbruck) and the Răscruci (HU: Válaszut). The"Kallós Zoltán" Ethnographic Collection of Răscruci.
The excursion proposes a visit to two of the country residences of one of the most representative noble families of Transylvania’s historical past.
The Bánffy Castle in Bonțida was built from the 16th century and completed in the 19th century. The building preserves Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Classicist and Neo-Gothic architectural elements and was called in its heyday "The Versailles of Transylvania". In 1821, materials recovered from the old construction of the castle were used to build an Empire-style water mill in the immediate vicinity. The mill was used by the local community until the 1960s. The most impressive castle park in Transylvania has been laid out here. Today, the castle is home to one of Transylvania’s most dynamic educational and cultural centers.
The castle in Răscruci was built in the 18th-19th centuries on an estate of approx. 4.5 ha, in an eclectic historicist style, as the summer residence of the Bánffy family. The building has one of the best preserved and most spectacular interiors of Transylvania’s aristocratic castles, and recently it has been completely restored.

Excursion 2: The place where the sun rises twice
(65 Euro; dinner and drinks included)
Bus tour
Maximum number of participants: 55
Date: September 12, 2023
Departure time: 14:30 PM
Meeting and starting point: secondary entrance of the main building of Babeș-Bolyai University from Emmanuel de Martonne Street
Duration: approx. 7 hours
Point of departure/arrival: the courtyard of Babes-Bolyai University
Language: English

The place where the sun rises twice – Rimetea/Trascău Rural Heritage Site & Ethnographic Museum (HU: Torockó, GE: Eisenmarkt/Eisenburg/Traschen). Wiew upon the Trascău Fortress/Colțești (HU: Torockóvár). Dinner at the Szekler Manor in Colțești (HU: Torockószentgyörgy, GE: Sankt Georgen).
The excursion proposes a visit to Rimetea/Trascău, a rural site awarded with the European Heritage Award/Europa Nostra Award (European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage, 1999) for the preservation of the tangible cultural heritage and the medieval fortress of Trascău/Colțești (13th century).
The village of Rimetea, which has been documented since the 13th century, became an important settlement with the arrival of German miners (14th-15th centuries). Iron mining and processing was the main source of the settlement’s development. The exceptional natural landscape, the two medieval fortresses in the vicinity, the specific architecture of the farms and its white houses, the Unitarian church and the local ethnographic museum make Rimetea one of the most representative and well-preserved historical rural sites of Transylvania.