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===Landmarks=== [[File:Ansamblul monumental Matia Corvin.JPG|thumb|[[Matthias Corvinus Monument|Statue of Matthias Corvinus]] in front of [[St. Michael's Church, Cluj-Napoca|St. Michael's Church]]]] [[File:Cluj-Napoca Central Park-statue 01.jpg|thumb|Fountain in the [[Cluj-Napoca Central Park|Central Park]]]] Cluj-Napoca has a number of landmark buildings and monuments. One of those is the [[St. Michael's Church, Cluj-Napoca|Saint Michael's Church]] in [[Unirii Square, Cluj-Napoca|''Unirii'' Square]], built at the end of the 14th century in the [[gothic art|Gothic style]] of that period. It was only in the 19th century that the [[Neo-Gothic]] tower of the church was erected; it remains the tallest church tower in Romania to this day.<ref name="Lukács 2005-2">Lukács 2005</ref> In front of the church is the [[Matthias Corvinus Monument|equestrian statue of Matthias Corvinus]], erected in honour of the locally born [[Kingdom of Hungary|King of Hungary]]. The [[Romanian Orthodox Church|Orthodox Church]]'s equivalent to St. Michael's Church is the [[Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca|Orthodox Cathedral]] on [[Avram Iancu Square, Cluj-Napoca|''Avram Iancu'' Square]], built in the [[interwar]] era. The [[Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic|Romanian Greek-Catholic Church]] also has a cathedral in Cluj-Napoca, [[Transfiguration Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca|Transfiguration Cathedral]].{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} Another landmark of Cluj-Napoca is the [[Palace of Justice, Cluj-Napoca|Palace of Justice]], built between 1898 and 1902, and designed by architect Gyula Wagner in an [[Eclecticism|eclectic]] style.<ref name="Cluj Tribunal">{{Cite web |title=Prezentare instanță |url=http://portal.just.ro/InstantaPrezentare.aspx?idInstitutie=117 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408092230/http://portal.just.ro/InstantaPrezentare.aspx?idInstitutie=117 |archive-date=8 April 2008 |access-date=2008-03-12 |publisher=Cluj Tribunal |language=ro}}</ref> This building is part of an ensemble erected in Avram Iancu Square that also includes the National Theatre, the Palace of [[Căile Ferate Române]], the Palace of the Prefecture, the Palace of Finance and the Palace of the Orthodox Metropolis. An important eclectic ensemble is [[Iuliu Maniu Street, Cluj-Napoca|Iuliu Maniu Street]], featuring symmetrical buildings on either side, after the urbanistic trend of [[Georges-Eugène Haussmann]].<ref name="Lazarovici et al-5">Lazarovici et al. 1997, p.93 (4.2 Monumente de arhitectură din epoca modernă)</ref> A highlight of the city is the [[Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden|botanical garden]], situated in the vicinity of the centre. Beside this garden, Cluj-Napoca is also home to some large parks, the most notable being the [[Cluj-Napoca Central Park|Central Park]] with the Chios Casino and a large statuary ensemble. Many of the city's notable figures are buried in Hajongard Cemetery, which covers {{convert|14|ha|acre}}.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} As an important cultural centre, Cluj-Napoca has many theatres and museums. The latter include the [[National Museum of Transylvanian History]], the [[Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania|Ethnographic Museum]], the [[Cluj-Napoca Bánffy Palace|Cluj-Napoca Art Museum]], the Pharmacy Museum, the Water Museum and the museums of [[Babeș-Bolyai University]]—the University Museum, the Museum of Mineralogy, the Museum of Paleontology and Stratigraphy, the Museum of Speleology, the Botanical Museum and the Zoological Museum.
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