The Cultural-Historical and Political Spheres of Influence of Alba lulia

In this research, we primarily intend to promote a new paradigm for tackling urban spheres of influence. Since, in most cases, the areas of polarization are interpreted in their quantitative form, expressed by their spatial dimension, it is imperative to tackle the issue of the cultural-historical and political spheres of influence of Alba Iulia City, our case study, at a mental level, placing the subject in a regional (the Transylvanian space), as well as in a national context, according to the local inhabitants' perception. We collected data with a questionnaire having 402 respondents, which helped emphasize the people's perceptions of the cultural-historical, iconographic (symbolic) and political identity of the city in contemporary and diachronic contexts.