Transfiguration Cathedral, Cluj-Napoca

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Basic information
Cluj-Napoca Greek-Catholic Cathedral Catedrala "Schimbarea la Faţă" din Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca Greek-Catholic Cathedral
Location	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Religious affiliation	Romanian Greek-Catholic
District	Eparchy of Cluj-Gherla
Year consecrated	1803
Ecclesiastical status	Cathedral
Architectural description
Architect(s)	Francisc Kitner
Architectural style	Baroque
Year completed	1779
Specifications
Length	43.7 m
Width	15.3 m
Height (max)	28 m

The Transfiguration Cathedral (Romanian: Catedrala Schimbarea la Faţă, Hungarian: Kolozsvári minorita templom), also known as the Minorites' Church (Biserica Minoriţilor), was donated in 1924 by the Holy See to the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church to serve as the Cathedral of the Cluj-Gherla Eparchy, after the move of the Eparchy's center from Gherla to Cluj.

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Worship places	Bob Church • Calvaria Church • Evangelical Church • Franciscan Church • Greek-Catholic Cathedral • Orthodox Cathedral • Orthodox Church on the Hill • Piarists' Church • Reformed Synagogue • St. Michael's Church • Ss. Peter and Paul Church • Unitarian Church • Wolfsstreet Reformed Chuch

Historical buildings	Tailors' Bastion • Basta House • Hangman's House • Heltai House • Hintz House • Kovary House • Matthias Corvinus House • Wolphard-Kakas House • Old Biasini Hotel • Convictus Nobilium • Bánffy Palace • Palace of Justice • Szeky Palace

Statues and monuments	Avram Iancu Statue • Capitoline Wolf Statue • Matthias Corvinus Statue • Michael the Brave Statue

Other places	Botanical Garden • Central Cemetery • Central Park • Hungarian Theatre • Hungarian Opera • National Theatre • Romanian Opera

Avenues and squares	Avram Iancu Square • Eroilor Avenue • Iuliu Maniu Street • Mihai Viteazul Square • Regele Ferdinand Avenue • Unirii Square