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Dormition of the Mother of God Orthodox Cathedral

Catedrala Mitropolitană Adormirea Maicii Domnului
Dormition of the Mother of God Orthodox Cathedral
Catedrala Mitropolitană Adormirea Maicii Domnului
CatedralaOrtodoxa
Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Orthodox
Settlement:
Kolozsvár, Cluj-Napoca
Address:
Piața Avram Iancu
Historical Hungarian county:
Kolozs
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.7719142265, 23.5963586691
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History

Construction began in 1923, after the Romanian occupation in 1919, and was not completed until 1933 due to lack of funds. In 1993 a statue of Avram Iancu, who is responsible for a genocide against Hungarians, was erected in front of it.

Source:  csemadok.sk
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