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The Old Town Hall was built between 1731 and 1734, after the conquest of Timișoara by the Austrians, when the German colonists settled here asked the authorities for their own town hall. [1] This is how the German Town Hall ( German: Deutsches Rathaus) appeared, also called the New Town Hall ( German: Neues Rathaus) to differentiate it from ...
Paolo Santini de Duccio. The Huniade Castle ( Romanian: Castelul Huniade; Hungarian: Hunyadi-kastély; German: Schloss Hunyadi) is the oldest monument in Timișoara, Romania, built between 1443 and 1447 by John Hunyadi and Paolo Santini de Duccio over the old royal castle dating from the 14th century (built during the reign of Charles I Robert ...
The Baroque Palace ( Romanian: Palatul Baroc) is a monumental palace in the historic centre of the Romanian city of Timișoara. One of the representative buildings of 18th-century Timișoara, the Baroque Palace today houses the city's National Museum of Art ( Romanian: Muzeul Național de Artă ). The richly decorated palace consists of two ...
The Fabric Synagogue is a Neolog synagogue in the Fabric district of Timișoara. The synagogue was called the New Synagogue because it replaced the old synagogue on Timocului Street. [1] It was built between 1897 and 1899 in an eclectic style, with neo-Moorish, Gothic and Italian neo-Renaissance elements. The building was classified in the ...
The Nicolae Bălcescu Square is a square and junction in Timișoara. It is named after Romanian historian, writer and revolutionary Nicolae Bălcescu (1819–1852). The square is located in the Elisabetin district. Well-known buildings of the square are the Sacred Heart Church, a Roman Catholic church completed in 1919 [2] and the ensemble of ...
The Victory Square ( Romanian: Piața Victoriei ), known until 1990 as the Opera Square ( Romanian: Piața Operei ), is the central square of Timișoara. It is the place where Timișoara was proclaimed on 20 December 1989 the first city free of communism in Romania. [3] It was a main boulevard, transformed into a square after the closure of the ...
The Orthodox Cathedral ( Romanian: Catedrala Ortodoxă ), also known as the Metropolitan Cathedral ( Romanian: Catedrala Mitropolitană ), is a Romanian Orthodox church in Timișoara. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishopric of Timișoara and the Metropolis of Banat. It is dedicated to the Three Holy Hierarchs, Basil the Great, Gregory ...
Fabric (Hungarian: Gyárváros; German: Fabrikstadt; Serbian: Фабрик, romanized: Fabrik) is one of the oldest historic districts of Timișoara, Romania.It is located in the central-eastern part of Timișoara, in the vicinity of the Cetate district, being a continuation of the historical city centre.