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Le noyau historique de la ville d'Alba Julia

Date of Submission: 01/03/1991
Criteria: (iv)(v)(vi)
Category: Cultural
Submitted by:
Commission Nationale des Monuments, Ensembles et Sites Historiques - Bucarest
Coordinates: Transylvanie
Ref.: 555
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Description

Ensemble de monuments representatif pour des epoques artistiques differentes, construits a l'interieur du perimetre du vieux camp fortifie romain d'Apulum (debut du IIe siecle), sur l'emplacement duquel l'on fit elever la cite medievale entouree en 1714-1735 par une fortification bastionaire comportant sept bastions et portes decores de sculptures et reliefs. Comprend egalement la Cathedrale catholique Saint-Michel (XIIIe siecle avec des ajouts ulterieurs), le Palais princier qui represente la transformation du XVIe siecle de l'ancien Palais de l'eveche, des differents batiments des XVIIe-XIXe siecles (le Palais Apor, la bibliotheque Bathyaneum etc.) et la Cathedrale orthodoxe de l'Unification (1922).

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