Tourist guide Zalău

1. Tourist Info Center

The address is 4-6 Iuliu Maniu Square, entering from Gheorghe Doja Street. It is located in the Transylvania Building.

We found a very welcoming tourist center, where you can get a lot of tourist information about the city of Zalău and the county of Sălaj, about the Roman castle Porolissum, about hiking in the Meseș Mountains, about the Garden of the Zmeilors, about the History Museum and much more.

2. Iuliu Maniu Square

Iuliu Maniu Square is the central point where most tourist attractions of Zalău are concentrated. These objectives form Iuliu Maniu Square Complex. Here we find the Fountain with the Angels, the Wesselenyi Statuary Group, the Transylvania Building, the I. S. Bădescu County Library, the Iuliu Maniu Statue and on the other side of Mihai Viteazul Boulevard, which flanks the square, we also have the "Silvania" National College, the Lupoaicei Statue and the Town Hall.

The Angel Fountain, realized after 1854, is and was the meeting place of many locals.The fountain has a round shape and on its perimeter there are statues depicting four angels. On the side facing the Transylvania Building there is a drop below street level where there is a collecting basin.

Wesselenyi group of statues is set on a white marble-topped postern. The group of the bronze statue of the Hungarian baron Wesselenyi Miklos and the statue of the Romanian peasant Pop Samson represent a scene from the 1848 Revolution in which the peasant shows his gratitude to the baron for the abolition of serfdom.

Transylvania Building was built in the 19th century in eclectic style and dates from 1895. The most valuable room is the former ballroom and theater upstairs decorated with a Secessionist-style mural, which covers 300 square meters.

Building of the County Directorate for Culture is opposite the Transylvania Building. It was built around 1900. It also houses the I. S. Bădescu County Library.

3. Roman Catholic Church

It is located on bd. Mihai Viteazul bd., close to Iuliu Maniu Square. It was built between 1878 and 1884 by Tagen Janos, bishop of Oradea, who partially financed it and was named the greatest benefactor of the Catholic community in Zalău.

4. Calvinist Reformed Church

It is located on 7 Andrei Șaguna St., but you can also enter from Constantin St. and from Gheorghe Lazăr St..

The first church here was built in the 13th century in the Gothic Gothic style being a Catholic one. It was transferred to the reformed church in 1540. The present church was built between 1904 and 1906. With its 1,600 seats it is the second largest Reformed church in Central Eastern Europe, and it is also notable for its height of 35 meters. Organ concerts are held in the church. It is perhaps Zalău's most beautiful building.

5. Central Park

Address: 10 Gheorghe Lazăr Street.

The park has been redesigned so it looks nice. It links Michael Vitezul Boulevard with Kossuth Lajos Street above. Two rows of colored stairs climb up the vertical median axis, at the base of which is an artesian fountain. The park has bicycle paths and benches.

6. Orthodox Church of the Assumption

It is at 12 Crinului Street, with entrance from Cloșca Street.

Iuliu Maniu, son of Sălaj, Prime Minister of Romania, supported the construction of a church between 1930 and 1932 due to the increase in the number of believers. It was consecrated as a Greek-Catholic church in 1934 and has been Orthodox since 1948. The church houses a rosewood throne.

7. County Museum of History and Art

We will return to Iuliu Maniu Square following the Unirii street. This is the most interesting museum of the city. It is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 9 to 17. The address is 9 Unirii str.

County Museum of History and Art has four buildings, the oldest dating from the 19th century.