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Mănăștur ( Hungarian: Kolozsmonostor; German: Abtsdorf) is a district of the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca, which has been a part of the city since 1895.

Its population as of 2007 was of approximately 126,600.

History

Middle Ages

Mănăștur is home to the Calvaria Church, a Benedictine abbey built in the 9th-10th centuries.

20th century

After the German- Italian arbitrated 1940 Second Vienna Award, Kolozsmonostor (Mănăștur) was situated 1 km from the border with Romania, at Erdőfelek/ Feleacu.

The district was changed during Nicolae Ceaușescu's systematisation urban reconstruction program, when many blocks of flats were built, which housed a mainly working class population. ^[1]

See also

• Grădinile Mănăștur, a nearby district

References

46°45′21.19″N 23°33′7.84″E / 46.7558861°N 23.5521778°E / 46.7558861; 23.5521778

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