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Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca

Catedrala Ortodoxă a Vadului, Feleacului și Clujului

heritage site in Cluj County, Romania

  • TypeCathedrals
  • WhereCluj-Napoca, Romania
  • AddressPiața Iancu Avram, municipiul Cluj-Napoca
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About Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca

The Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral (Romanian: Catedrala Adormirea Maicii Domnului) is the most famous Romanian Orthodox church of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Built in a Romanian Brâncovenesc style, a synthesis of Renaissance and Byzantine architecture, it lies on the Avram Iancu Square, together with the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre and the Avram Iancu Statue. The cathedral is the seat of the Metropolitan of Cluj, Alba, Crișana and Maramureș. It is dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos (Romanian: Adormirea Maicii Domnului).

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