The Treasure Book of Cluj

Összefoglaló

The authors of the book, young historians and art historians, have meticulously and expertly reconstructed the different stages of the citys development, while Andrea Janosis splendid drawings present the various faces and stories of the city in a fascinating way.

If you start to read this book, youll set off on an extraordinary time travel adventure. Well take you to the Roman Napoca of two thousand years ago, then to the village of the conquering Hungarians, and later to the Fortress of Cluj besieged by the Mongols, yet all the while we wont leave the city that today we call Cluj. In these fourteen chapters you will learn of the birth of the city in the Middle Ages, following its development from one century to the next, right up to the present. The fifteenth chapter tells how we imagine the Cluj of the future. The authors of the book, young historians and art historians, have meticulously and expertly reconstructed the different stages of the citys development, while Andrea Janosis splendid drawings present the various faces and stories of the city in a fascinating way. The book is primarily aimed at children aged between 8 and 12 years of age, but it may be read with pleasure by younger or older brothers and sisters, parents, or by anyone interested in one of the most important cities in this part of Romania..