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- The Ist gate of the Vauban fortress of Alba Iulia, Romania (corrected for distorsion) by Calin Suteu
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(EN) | The first gate of the Vauban fortress of Alba Iulia is located at the eastern extremity of the citadel. It was built as a triumphal monument and has three openings. On the frontispice, framing the emblem of the House of Austria are the statues of Mars and Venus, also flanked by two bombard canons in firing posit...
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(EN) | Located on the southernmost part of the Vauban fortress of Alba Iulia the church was built beginning with 1988 and was baptized in 1992. It is dedicated to the memory of the first Ortodox Metropolitan Church raised by Mihai Viteazu in 1597 and demolished by the Habsburgic authorities in 1714. It was built entire...
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The trees in this parc, some as old as 130 years, found in the middle of the Vauban fortress of Alba Iulia will be razed to the ground in the following days as part of a city approved project with EU funding (!). They will be replaced by a completely paved square with parking spots, a fountain and the current monuments...
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The main gate of the citadel, the IIIrd gate, is a complex structure depicting figurative scenes, battle fragments, captured flags, all inspired by the political and military environment at the time of the construction. On top the statue of emperor Carol the VIth stands above the prison cell that held Horea, the captai...
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(EN) | The monument was raised in 1937 from the initiative of the ASTRA Cultural Foundation (Alba) and benefited from public funds; it was meant to commemorate 150 years from the peasant rebelion of 1784 - 1785 and was dedicated to the memory of its three leaders, Horia, Cloşca şi Crişan. The monument is composed fr...
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(EN) Built in baroque fashion the fourth gate is close to the two cathedrals, on the west side of the citadel, towards the Roman’s Plateau, an ancient army practice ground. The construction is simple, with decorations only on the inner side of the gate; it housed the guards in the two lateral rooms. The passage is a...
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- The Custozza parc, Alba Iulia, Romania (March 4th, 2011) - a 360 view from the center by Calin Suteu
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The trees in this parc, some as old as 130 years, found in the middle of the Vauban fortress of Alba Iulia will be razed to the ground in the following days as part of a city approved project with EU funding (!). They will be replaced by a completely paved square with parking spots, a fountain and the current monuments...
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(EN) | The first gate of the Vauban fortress of Alba Iulia is located at the eastern extremity of the citadel. It was built as a triumphal monument and has three openings. On the frontispice, framing the emblem of the House of Austria are the statues of Mars and Venus, also flanked by two bombard canons in firing posit...
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The trees in this parc, some as old as 130 years, found in the middle of the Vauban fortress of Alba Iulia will be razed to the ground in the following days as part of a city approved project with EU funding (!). They will be replaced by a completely paved square with parking spots, a fountain and the current monuments...
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