Napoca- in Roman times the former Dacian village became the heart of the province of Dacia Porolissensis, famous for its gold and salt mines and was soon granted the status of a colony . Clus- during the Dark Ages, it managed to survive as an urban community even if hit by constant invasions, thus around the year 1000 it became the site of a castle county and of an important catholic abbey. Klausenburg- large groups of Saxons are encouraged by the Hungarian monarchy to settle in the town; they are mostly craftsmen and thus contribute extensively to the technical and artistic development of the community. Kolozsvar- in 1316 it becomes a royal city (“civitas”) within the Hungarian state and receives all the deserved respect during the latter half of the 15^th century, given that it is the birthplace of the greatest king in the history of Hungary, Matthias Corvinus (who is of half Romanian and half Hungarian descent). Claudiopolis- the name is used by the inhabitants of the city as a symbol of their heritage during the  17^th and 18^th centuries, when Transylvania is an independent principality within the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire Koloszvar (again)- one of the largest  and liveliest cities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but also one of the main centers of Romanian nationalism Cluj- in 1918, at the end of World War I and the fall of the Empire of Austria-Hungary it is included, together with the rest of the historical province of Transylvania, within the Romanian state Cluj-Napoca- the national communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu is proud to add to the official name of the town a clear proof of its Latin origins and uses it as a symbol of what will be later be labeled as protochronism Nowadays, Cluj/Koloszvar/Klausenburg is, due to its lively cafes, popular universities, varied museums, famous theatres and beautiful surroundings a genuine heart of Transylvania, which beats faster and faster due to its ever-increasing multicultural character. Besides a proud past, the city also has a future, deeply anchored in the reality of globalization.