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CHAPTER 8: INFRASTRUCTURE

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A. Architectural Physical Heritage: historical monuments and patrimony buildings

  • The Wooden Church - typical for the Maramures area, it was built in 1630 in the Chechis village; it was brought to Baia mare in 1939 and was turned into a museum; together with other traditional households, it is part of the Ethnographic museum in the open;
  • "Holy Trinity" Church - situated in Piata Cetatii, it was built between 1717-1720 and is currently used by Roman-Catholic community of the city;
  • "Iancu de Hunedoara" House - is part of the ancient medieval castle built by the voivode for his wife, Elisabeta; situated in the old city centre, the building is currently administrated by the Maramures County Museum as an exhibition centre;
  • "Stefan" Tower - the most representative piece of medieval art in Baia Mare; built in gothic style, 40 metre high, it initially served for city strategic watch and guard against fires;
  • The Mint House - built between 1734-1737, it is currently the headquarters of the Maramures County Museum (the history department);
  • The Art Museum is situated in the old city centre and houses a number of sculpture, painting, graphics and decorative art collections;
  • Butchers' Tower - situated in Piata Izvoarelor, it was built in the 15th century; the legend tells that from this tower was shot the bullet that killed Pintea the Brave, the famous outlaw;
  • The Old City Inn - the place where all markets in Baia Mare used to take place; since 1870, it has served as offices for the City Hall;
  • The "Assumption of the Virgin" Cathedral - situated in the eastern part of the city, it was built between 1905-1911; the interior of the cathedral has a particular artistical value;
  • The Ethnography and Popular Art Museum - situated at the foot of Flowers' Hill, it has two major interest fields: inter-regional open ethnographical reservation and the pavilion exhibition;
  • The Mineralogy Museum - recognised internationally, it is situated in a modern building on Traian Boulevard and it houses a unique collections of "mine flowers" (crystals and gems);
  • The statutory group "Sfatul Batrânilor" ("Old Men's Council") - created by the sculptor Vida Gheza, originary of Baia Mare, it presents five men sitting.

    The main institutions of the city are also located in modern buildings.

B. Means of communication

Roads
Baia Mare is the major road junction of the Maramures county. The main roads are:

  • E 58 Dej Baia Mare Satu Mare
  • DN 1c Baia Mare Sighetu Marmatiei

The city street network in Baia Mare is quite large, with category I and II streets but relatively few junctions controlled by traffic lights. The city also has a bus fleet that ensures public transportation to the villages inside and outside the county.
Railways
Baia Mare is placed on Corridor IV, between Dej and Satu Mare. The railway is simple, non-electrified.

Air transport
The Baia Mare airport is located in the vicinity of the city, in Tautii Magheraus village. It is currently modernized so that it will become an international airport.
There are two international airports in the region: Satu Mare international airport (60 km from Baia Mare) and Cluj Napoca international airport (150 km).

Transports
Road transport provides regular regular transport lines that ensure connection with all villages in the county. Baia Mare municipality ensures passenger transport to and from the peri-urban area. The trolleybus network is being developed. Roundabout routes are used for heavy transports, in order to ensure fluidity of the traffic in the centre. Urban passenger transport is ensured by an urban vehicle fleet comprising 131 buses, 10 trolleybuses, and 3 maxi-taxis (mini vans).
There is a railway station for passenger transport and 3 for goods transport. A significant number of economic units make use of industrial railways.
Baia Mare has 194 km of roads, out of which 124 km modernised roads.
The Baia Mare airport, situated at 10 km from the city centre, is used in the internal passenger and goods transports.

C. Municipal infrastructure
The drinking water infrastructure has a length of 276,8 km; the water distribution is the following: households 31 mil. cubic metres and 3,6 mil. cubic metres for public use. Due to network degradation and damages, in 2000 about 12,7 mil. cubic metres were lost (23% of the water introduced in the network). The supply capacity is 181 thousand cm/day.
The sewerage system has a length of 171,6 km, the street length is 194 km, and the volume of the purifying stations is 116,6 thousand cm/day.
The methane gas distribution network is 155,5 km long, and can supply 257,6 mil. cm, out of which 134,6 mil. cm for household use. Many households have individual metering systems.
As far as telecommunications are concerned, there are 11 post offices in Baia Mare, and 61,800 telephone subscriptions. Telephone networks are being developed and modernised and the analogical exchanges are replaced by digital ones.
Favourable trends in the field of new technologies:

1. Mobile communication - GSM, NMT: over 5,000 users;
2. Internet: 28 companies - Internet Cafés (cybernet) and 5 authorized Internet providers ISP). The presence in the virtual space of the city is quite significant and of high quality, comparable to that of Cluj Napoca municipality.
3. Almost 100 companies in Baia Mare as well as public institutions have assigned Internet domains (.ro) within the following portals www.baiamarecity.ro, www.maramurescounty.ro.

D. Institutional Patrimony
In Baia Mare there are public institutions, municipalities, chambers of commerce, banks. You can find a complete presentation on the following website: http://www.mmnet.ro/Administratie/administratie.html

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