Lupa Capitolina (Eroilor Boulevard, pedestrian area)
It is a staunch copy of Lupa Capitolina from Rome and it was given in
1921 by the municipality of Rome to the town of Cluj as a symbol of
the Romania's Latinity. A bas-relief (by sculptor Ettore Ferrari
1849-1930) was added to the monument, representing the Emperor Traian,
and the inscription ALLA CITTÀ DI CLVJ, ROMA MADRE, MCMXXI.
The statue was unveiled on September 28th, 1921 by the Mayor Iulian
Pop, after the Romanian administration was established.
In 2006, after the beginning of the rearrangements of Eroilor
Boulevard, the statue was transferred to The National History Museum
of Transylvania.
The statue was relocated on the pedestrian area from Eroilor
Boulevard on November 28th, 2008.
Matia Corvin's Equestrian Statue (Unirii Square)
It is the work of the sculptor Ioan Fadrusz and architect Pakei Lajos
and won the Great Prize at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900. It was
unveiled in 1902 in today's Unirii Square. Matia Corvin is surrounded
by a group of warriors: Blasiu Magyar, Pavel Chinezu, Stefan Zapolya
and Stefan Bathory. The statue it is on the list of UNESCO’s
memorial statues on the 5th place.
The « Horea, Closca and Crisan »Statuary Group (1st of
December 1918 Boulevard, in front of the Napoca Hotel) - represents
the leaders of the Peasant Uprising in Transylvania in 1784 (by
sculptor Ion Vlasiu)
The « Mihai Viteazul » Equestrian Statue (Mihai Viteazul
Square) - ruler of the Romanian Country, the one who unified for the
very first time the three Romanian provinces (Walachia, Moldavia and
Transylvania) in 1600 (sculptor Marius Butunoiu)
The “Carolina” Obelisk (The Museum Square) is the oldest
lay monument of the city. The statue is a commemorative column, set up
to commemorate the visit of the Emperor Francis the First and his wife
Carolina Augusta, between 18th and 27th of August 1817. The Emperor
attended the ceremony, celebrating the Day of Saint Stephan, (August
20th), chaired the meeting and visited the City Hospital.
In order to build the statue, the Emperor's approval was necessary
and funding was raised among the inhabitants of Cluj, but the statue
was finished thanks to the financial help of the city District
Attorney, Topler Imre. It was inaugurated on the 4th of October 1831,
on Saint Francis’s Day.
The ten meter obelisk, the angel wearing the effigy in a crown of
laurels and the four stone eagles that hold laurels in their peaks are
a masterpiece of Anton Csürös and Nagy Samuel. The two
Biedermeyer style bas-reliefs showing the symbol of the city
constitute a masterpiece of the renowned Viennese sculptor Iosif
Klieber.
In the Eastern part, there is an image of the place where the Emperor
and his wife entered (also known as the Main City Gate); in the
Western part there is an image of the Emperor and his wife's visit to
the hospital, offering money to poor woman standing on her knees at
the gate. As a special feature, the sculptor molded a gas lamp, but
this sort of technique was only used in Cluj in 1827.
Carolina Augusta offered the Hospital from Museum Square a donation
and starting with 1818 the hospital bore the name Carolina Hospital,
and was destroyed in 1914.
The Carolina Hospital was initially placed in what is now known as
Union Square (the old Great Square). In 1898, during the city
restructuring, it was moved to the Museum Square (the old Small
Square).
The Monument “Glory to the Romanian Soldier” (Avram Iancu
Square) - dedicated to the memory of those who sacrificed themselves
for the defense of the country, of the unity and the national
independence (by sculptor Radu Aftene).
