Cluj-Napoca Tailors' Bastion

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Building information
The Tailors' Tower
The tower and the remaining wall
Town	Cluj-Napoca
Country	Romania
Construction start date	15th century
Completion date	15th century

The Cluj-Napoca Tailors' Tower (Romanian: Bastionul Croitorilor din Cluj-Napoca, Hungarian: Szabók bástyája) is located at the southeast corner of the old Cluj-Napoca citadel. It was built in the 15th century and rebuilt between 1627 and 1629, assuming its present form. It was named after the Tailors' Guild, who took care of and guarded this part of the city. Near the tower — where Baba Novac, general of Michael the Brave and Saski priest, was killed in 1601 by General Basta — there is a statue of Baba Novac.

Now deserted, in 2007, the municipality of Cluj-Napoca undertook to include the tower in the city's touristic itinerary.

v • d • e Landmarks in Cluj-Napoca

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 Church

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