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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape Photography Locations => Topic started by: OnlyNorth on September 05, 2013, 03:45:29 am
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Returning from Strasbourg,France to Bucharest,Romania,we took a break,for a night,at Cluj-Napoca a city in the middle of Transylvania,at the half-way between Budapest and Bucharest.Here I discovered the hotel(45E/night and room w.breakfast included) with the help of taxi-driver because our updated GPS did a not too far but...wrong location.
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In the morning we lost this still sleeping city to go home.
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One year before we were here and I tried to test my opinion that,nowadays,every town aspires to get grey.I looked for those aspects which were in the opposition to me.Below You could see my first impression.As you see easily,there is the name of the hotel and the name of the street "Black"
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On the same street,among ugly buildings,this small chapel is still up.
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It seemed that beauty,which was hidden behind the blocks,brought the spring by ... satellite.
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The aspiration of Romanians from Transylvania to be with Romanian Kingdom accomplished after WW I,when Wilsonian principles were applied.
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This is National Theater. which was opened in 1902.Czech Theater from Prague was opened in 1881, that from Budapest in 1837 and the Burgtheater from Vienna in 1741.That tells to visitors about the way in which this territory was administrated by the Austrians.
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Almost in the time when Bulgaria felt under Bulgarians,Transylvania felt under the Hungarians(9th c.)A real tragedy was in Europe,in those days,for the Europeans inhabitants.Then in 17th c.Transylvania felt under Austrians(Balkanic region was under Ottomans from 15th c.)
This is the Orthodox Cathedral from 1921.
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There are,here,some monuments which remember of recent or older events.One of them are these Shot Pilars which try to remember about the dead from December 1989 when Communism was broken down.
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Another monument is "The Heroes Of The Nation Cross" which was constructed on the Cetatsuia hill (cetatsuia means a kind of small fortress).
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Going on to walk from monument to monument the tourist's glance could be stopped by these kind of bars.
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Such happening could be named... "under the information's weight" or ...
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maybe...the statue of "the commonsense" of the authorities who rule this town.
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Not too far from "Shot Pillars" there is the former "New York" Hotel and its "New York" Cafe which was more than 50 years in the center of social and cultural life of this town.Now both are abandoned.
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The Church of St.Michael was first catholic one then of the protestants and then of the catholics again.Its construction begun in 14th c.being finished in 15th c.The tower which was built at the beginning of 16th,destroyed by an earthquake in 18th c.and erected again in the second part of 19th.Only in 1902 the Austrian-Hungarian administration hoping,probably,to sleep the conscience of the Romanians constructed,on the South side of the church,the monument of Mathew Corvinus Rex(one of the kings of the Hungary) whose Romanian origin was known.
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Two members of the Hunyadi family ruled Hungary Kingdom in 15th c.-John and his son Mathew Corvinus.Today nothing reminds about them in the native place of this family in Corbi Village,Arges County.("corvus,i"-in Latin means "raven" and "corvi",at plural,means "ravens" .The similitude with Romanian "Corbi" is easily observable.) This cross which is on the Stone Ravens Hill is linked by a monastery which is here,in a cave.
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This complex monument presented only warrior side of the Mathew.A warrior with his sword in a horizontal position waiting to defense or to attack.He,the artist,ignored the cultural side of this,probably,the most important man whose birth place was in this town-the spread of Renaissance movement directly from Italy to entire Central Europe.
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UNIO TRIUM NATIONUM-The Union Of The Three Nations-appeard in 1438 and was a pact between Hungarians,Germans and Szeklers against peasents' revolts.Romanians,who formed the majority,were excluded.This was the background of the ethnic confrontings which didn't yet finish.
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Transylvanian Memorandum was a petiton sent by the leaders of Romanians to The Emperor Franz Ioseph asking for equal rights with Hungarians and against Magyarization.After that The Memorandum Signers were sentenced to prison,in 1894.Late,after 100years,here was built The Memorandum Monument.
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I don't like nationalism... :(
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Of course,I am on the same side with You.Later,you will see what I found.
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My walk on the streets went on near the beautiful houses.The future of this one sounds well due to a bank involving.
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This house,for exemple,was for the governor of Transylvania,duke Gyorgy Banffy in 1745.It had a past but it has a present too being The Art Museum and,of course,it will have and a quiet future.
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Seeing the monuments erected by both sides,I looked for ethnic conflicts.Instead of that I met only people having their own problems,
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I like this one.
Especially together with your comment.
It has a funny and deep note in the same moment,
since the guy and the puppet do not talk to each other -
they have their own problems as you said.
So the guy is a dead puppet?
Is the puppet alive?
Very nice!
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I like this one.
Especially together with your comment.
It has a funny and deep note in the same moment,
since the guy and the puppet do not talk to each other -
they have their own problems as you said.
So the guy is a dead puppet?
Is the puppet alive?
Very nice!
You are too kind,thanks.
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or exuberant girls,
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or exuberant girls,
Exuberant, yes but the guy seems uninterested!
;)
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Exuberant, yes but the guy seems uninterested!
;)
But I was :)
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...or small domestic confllicts
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Small domestic conflicts....These are two political parties.A wing from socialists formed,with a big noise,PD(Democratic Party). Then,getting on the bed with PNL(National Liberal Party) formed the govern.Then, a wing from PNL went to PD and formed together PD-L.Then,PD-L with socialists get on the Govern bed.Now socialists are in the same bed with PNL and PD-L took the place under the bed,in opposition.But first lover is never forgot so,here,we see PD-L and PNL under the same roof
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Such... colorful... life of the political parties is not easy understandable by the ordinary people although there is everywhere.The problem is like someone to cast a glance.
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In this town which is a very important cultural center of the country I didn't see a monument of the ordinary people.Of course it is hardly to do one because what we say"ordinary people" are complex personalities
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The kindness could be the subject of such monument
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I increasingly like this thread.
A follow up story with some interesting mix between subjective view and objective information.
Really like it and I wished we had more of this kind of story telling format here on LuLa.
The technical nits (sometimes weird color, sometimes oversharpening) I had here and there really don't bother me much seeing this whole series.
And there is some really nice street photography in between.
I also think the sometimes extreme perspectives and distortion actually add to the series.
Thanks for continuing this.
Cheers
~Chris
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I increasingly like this thread.
A follow up story with some interesting mix between subjective view and objective information.
Really like it and I wished we had more of this kind of story telling format here on LuLa.
The technical nits (sometimes weird color, sometimes oversharpening) I had here and there really don't bother me much seeing this whole series.
And there is some really nice street photography in between.
I also think the sometimes extreme perspectives and distortion actually add to the series.
Thanks for continuing this.
Cheers
~Chris
Well said Christoph! I've been following this thread (and the other threads from OnlyNorth) and it's always a great pleasure to discover new posts.
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Chris and Francois,
What could I say.....
I'm satisfied You both like the thread... nobody's perfect... :)...although I try...the result is... :-\ even disappointed.
Many thanks
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or their love and need of survive
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This is awesome.
Never thought what works well with birds (as seen on LuLa forums) would work that well with humans as well.
Very cool idea and realization !
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This is awesome.
Never thought what works well with birds (as seen on LuLa forums) would work that well with humans as well.
Very cool idea and realization !
Thank You again for these favorable words.
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Thank You again for these favorable words.
You deserve them, period!
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You deserve them, period!
"Period"as you said but an "Thank You" you may accept!
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So,reflecting about another kind of monument,I was astonished finding a local variant, of the Wailing Wall-much more trivial of course-with its sheets of paper where the onlookers could recognize their hidden thoughts,from wages,beer,USA visa,happiness to free sex and marijuana.
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And then,when the ordinary people's monument will be raised,a bunch of flowers to be there is my hope.
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The road toward Bucharest was long enough so I had time to think again and again at that never raised monument.
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Although the evening "caught" us on the road,the trip finished without problems.
Thank You and... MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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So, your road trip is finished just in time for Christmas! Thanks for sharing.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year…
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You caught me :) :)
So Merry Christmas again.
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Interesting and entertaining trip log. I enjoy your twist on your observations.
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Interesting and entertaining trip log. I enjoy your twist on your observations.
Thank You and Merry Christmas to You,to Yours and to all members of this forum!
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I've seen... ;)
I like your findings (and visual inventions).
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I've seen... ;)
I like your findings (and visual inventions).
What could I say now,The God,anyhow you define Him,be with You and Your family in the year to come. and next! So a year full of happiness.