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Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca

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towers. The 18 large columns supporting the dome are sculpted in stone. The main material used for the construction of the cathedral was stone extracted from
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The project of the cathedral was developed by the architects George Cristinel and Constantin Pomponiu, who also designed the
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The interior murals were painted between 1928 and 1933 by artists
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On 5 November 1933 the cathedral was officially opened by
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The cathedral was built between 1923 and 1933, after the
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was laid on 7 October 1923, at a ceremony attend by
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Affiliation
Eastern Orthodox
Metropolitan
Cluj
Alba
Crișana
Maramureș
Ecclesiastical or organizational status
Cathedral
Bartolomeu Anania
Year consecrated
Cluj-Napoca
Architect(s)
Style
Romanian Revival
Dome
Materials
http://www.arhiepiscopia-ort-cluj.org
Romanian
Romanian Orthodox
church
Cluj-Napoca
Romania
Brâncovenesc style
Renaissance
Byzantine architecture
Metropolitan
Cluj
Alba

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