Sunday, October 23, 2011

Day 7 August 9th The Last day in Romania Phew!

      A short trip of 190 miles northeast we arrived at the city called Cluj Napoca for our last destination in this beautiful land. This city had Saint Micheal's Church which was erected between 1350 and 1487. It is considered one of the most beautiful Gothic monuments in Transylvania and has an alter that was built in 1390 and a star-shaped vault. Then we went to the most representative examples of baroque style building in Transylvania, Banffy Palace. This building was built for the current governor at the time, Banffy Gyorgy, but is now the Cluj National Art Museum. Another splendorous and beautiful church that we saw is the St. Peter and Paul Church named after those two apostles. In the main entrance is Archangel Micheal, to his left is John the Baptist and on his right is John the Evangelist. Schenbauer Antal's sculpture of Saint Mary that was moved from her former location between Kogalniceanu and Universitatii Street, we saw in the backyard of the church. The last church we went to is also the oldest and is named The Franciscan Monastery and Church and was built in the 15th century. It lies on the southern end of the monastery complex and was a gift to the  Franciscans that restored it to a baroque style in 1728. Our tummies started to grumble so we went to Camino and had our last taste of Romanian cuisine. We book a room at the Onix hotel we have one final night in a Romanian bed and try and get some rest for the trip home. We all agree that Romania is a beautiful place that offers a variety of different activities and hope to come back soon!

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