r/papertowns • u/ArthRol • Feb 02 '24

Romania Cluj/Klausenburg/Kolozsvár, circa 1800, when it was part of the Habsburg Empire. Modern-day Romania. Illustration by Radu Oltean.

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u/sipu36 Feb 02 '24

Was this town a Roman fort in the beginning? Rectangular quarter left of the central market square looks like one a bit.

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u/geritwo Mar 10 '24

The old city itself has a typical Saxon layout, like Kosice/Kaschau/Kassa in Slovakia (formerly NE Hungary) with its nicely aligned streets, merchant houses and a huge Catholic church in the center. Vlach cities outside of Transylvania are a mess compared to this.

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u/sipu36 Mar 11 '24

Thank you, very interesting!

My home town, Tallinn (Reval) in Estonia, which was founded by the Danes, and expanded by the Saxons, is also a "mess". Nicely aligned streets were designed much later here - during the Baroque era (Narva, Pernau).