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Timișoara is one of the most important educational centres in Romania, with about 40,000 students [ 18 ] enrolled in the city's six universities. Like many other large cities in Romania, Timișoara is a medical tourism service provider, especially for dental care and cosmetic surgery. [ 19 ]
6,639.54 t. Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (IATA: TSR, ICAO: LRTR) is an international airport serving Timișoara, Romania. Located in the historical region of Banat, the airport is named in honor of Traian Vuia, a Romanian flight pioneer and a Timiș County native. It is the fourth-busiest Romanian airport in terms of air traffic ...
Union Square ( Romanian: Piața Unirii ), also known as Dome Square ( Romanian: Piața Domului ), is the oldest square in Timișoara. [1] It was named in honor of the Romanian troops that entered Timișoara on 3 August 1919 and established the Romanian administration, thus finalizing the union of Banat with Romania. [2]
Statues, monuments and fountains. Capitoline Wolf. Fidelity Column. Fountain of Cardinal Points. Fountain with Fish. Monument of the Romanian Soldier. Plague Column. St. Catherine Obelisk. St. Mary and St. John of Nepomuk Monument.
Website. County Council County Prefecture. Timiș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtimiʃ]) is a county (județ) of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area.
The total area on which the Timișoara metropolitan area extends is 1,079.54 km 2 – of which 129.27 km 2 represent the administrative territory of Timișoara, and 950.27 km 2 the area of influence of the city – occupying about 3.4% of the West development region and about 12.5% of Timiș County. [6]
1760 – Timișoara is the first town in the Empire where the public lighting using suet candles and lamps with oil and grease is introduced. 1763–1772 – Second wave of German colonization under Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. 1782–1786 – Third wave of German colonists under Emperor Joseph II.
Iosefin ( Hungarian: Józsefváros; German: Josefstadt) [ 2] is a historic district in western Timișoara. It was founded during the mid-18th century, at the beginning being just a village of German settlers, located on the outskirts of the walls of the Timișoara Fortress. Its name comes from that of Emperor Joseph II, during whose reign it ...