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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.
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]
The Roman Catholic Episcopal Palace ( Romanian: Palatul Episcopal Romano-Catolic) is a historical monument in Timișoara, Romania. It was built between 1743 and 1752, the building being donated to the Diocese of Timișoara by Empress Maria Theresa. From 1783, the building became the permanent residence of the Catholic bishop.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara. The Diocese of Timișoara ( Latin: Dioecesis Timisoarensis; Hungarian: Temesvári Római Katolikus Püspökség) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Romania established on 5 June 1930 by Pope Pius XI. The Diocese of Cenad, corresponding to approximately the same region, had been created in 1030 by ...
ro .biserica-millennium .ro. The Millennium Church, officially known as the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven, is the largest Roman Catholic church in Timișoara, [1] located in the Romans' Square in the Fabric district. It was built to commemorate 1,000 years since the formation of the Hungarian state, hence its name Millennium.
Completed. 1894. Notre Dame Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Iosefin district of Timișoara, Romania. It is part of a former monastery complex built for the School Sisters of Notre Dame, established in Timișoara ( Hungarian: Temesvár) in 1864, then Kingdom of Hungary. In the current Dositej Obradović High School were the homes of the ...
The original St. Catherine Church, one of the oldest churches in the city, was built during the reign of the Hungarian King Charles Robert, who had temporarily moved his seat of government to what was then Temesvár. His wife Maria of Bytom died in Timișoara in 1317, also referred to in the literature as Maria Ecaterina or Maria Katharina, who ...
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.