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Timișoara (UK: / ˌ t ɪ m ɪ ˈ ʃ w ɑːr ə /, US: / ˌ t iː m iː-/, Romanian: [t i m i ˈ ʃ o̯a r a] ⓘ; German: Temeswar pronounced [ˈtɛmɛʃvaːɐ̯] ⓘ, also Temeschwar or Temeschburg; Hungarian: Temesvár pronounced [ˈtɛmɛʃvaːr] ⓘ; Serbian: Темишвар, romanized: Temišvar; see other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social ...
The St. George Cathedral ( Romanian: Catedrala Sf. Gheorghe ), colloquially known as the Roman Catholic Dome ( Romanian: Domul Romano-Catolic ), is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara and one of the city's landmarks. The cathedral is dedicated to St. George and was built between 1736 and 1774.
Baroque Palace, Timișoara. / 45.75722°N 21.22917°E / 45.75722; 21.22917. 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 ...
The Romanian National Opera ( Romanian: Opera Națională Română) is a public opera and ballet institution in Timișoara, Romania. Subordinated to the Ministry of Culture, it is one of the four national opera companies of Romania. [1] The Romanian National Opera was established by royal decree no. 254 of 30 March 1946, issued by King Michael I.
Duiliu Marcu. The Palace of Culture ( Romanian: Palatul Culturii) is an emblematic building in Timișoara, Romania. It hosts a number of cultural institutions, including the Romanian National Opera, the Mihai Eminescu National Theatre, the Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre and the German State Theatre.
TL. VS. VL. VN. B. Timiș is the largest county in Romania, occupying 8,696.7 km 2, i.e. 3.65% of the country's area. [6] : 3 It is crossed by the 46th parallel north, the 21st meridian east and the 22nd meridian east. On its territory is the westernmost point of Romania, i.e. Beba Veche, at 20°15'44", in the Triplex Confinium point.
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 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 ...