Sub Arini Park

 park, interesting place, botanical garden, 1850s construction

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Sub Arini can be translated in english as Under the Aldertrees
It is one of the oldest parks in Transylvania and on the present territory of Romania, founded in 1856. Engineer Seifried had the task of elaborating the project and leading the actual works. In 1857 and 1858 the two main alleys along the former canal of the Swimming School (opened in 1829) and the Sevis stream materialized. At the same time the actions of planting various tree species began.
The dam/dike was built in 1859 and the bridge over the Trinkbach stream is built a year later. The Sub Arini Restaurant (Bolta Rece) opened in 1865.
Starting with 1881 the park was under the administration of the Society for the embellishment of the city which continued the activity of tree planting. The greenhouse was built in 1883 and the first water fountain was placed here in 1894.
The music gazebo used by the military fanfare which sustained performances here every Sunday was made in 1898 and in 1904 the electric street lighting was introduced here. Situated on the southern side of the park, the municipal stadium was inaugurated in 1927 first known under the name of Physical Education Stadium.
The monument representing Mihai Eminescu made by sculptor Radu Moga was unveiled in 1938.
In 1979 the main alleys were asphalted, a new podium was built instead of the old Music Pavilion and the water fountain was reconfigured. During the same period, the playgrounds for children were executed.
At the present the park stretches over 22 hectares on which 68 tree species, among which 30 exotic species and 38 local species. Some of them have their origins in Japan, China, Himalaya, Asia Minor, North America, Central America, Algeria or the Alps area. We mention among these the American red oak, the mahogany tree, the silver spruce, the white poplar of Himalaya, the Austrian pine, Nordman fir, Eronimus Radicans – Japan, Virginian juniper tree, etc.
The oldest trees (specimens of alders, black poplar, lime trees, oak trees) are over 150 years old. The exotic species from the Extreme Orient (ginkgo, the tree of life, magnolia) as well as the species from North America (blue spruce, Eastern white pine, thuja, Lawson’s cypress, northern red oak and a species of oak growing nearby ponds, the black walnut, tulip poplar, the Kentucky coffeetree, boxelder and the silver maple, honey locust, catalpa) have a special scientific and decorative value.
A number of 95 species of birds found shelter in this scenery