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The Cluj-Napoca Tailors' Tower is located at the southeast corner of the old Cluj-Napoca city center.
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
Baba Novac, captain of Michael the Brave was killed in terrible torture by the Hungarian people on the 5th of Februrary 1601.
This monument was founded in order to celebrate his memory in 1975.
Deserted until 2007, the municipality of Cluj-Napoca undertook to include the tower in the city's touristic itinerary, financing its restoration.
The tower is now a Centre for Urban Culture, based on a project offered by the Transilvanian Branch of the Architects’ Chamber of Romania
The Centre is now hosting an exhibition space on the ground floor, a library and a conference room on the upper floors.