Tailors" Bastion From Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca

The Tailors’ Bastion or Tower is part of the second system of walls and fortifications of the city built between the 15th and 17th centuries. The first documented mention dates from the 15th century, from the time of the king of Hungary, Matthias Corvinus. This tower was named after the association of tailors which had the obligation to support and protect the city in that point, being the only bastion of the fortress preserved completely.

During time, the tower was destroyed many times. It remained in its current form since the last big reconstruction from 1709-1711 carried out by Austrians, when over 150 carriages with stone have been brought. The tower was restored before in the period 1956-1957, when the opening of a history museum of Cluj city was intended but the Communist authorities from that time opposed.

Recently restored, the tower has a new purpose: “Centre of Urban Culture”, which includes a literary coffee house, a conference room and exhibition spaces.