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The Ottomans first demolished the Temple of Athena Nike to erect a cannon battery, and on 25 September, a Venetian cannonball exploded a powder magazine in the Propylaea. The most important damage caused was the destruction of the Parthenon. The Turks used the temple for ammunition storage, and when, on the evening of 26 September 1687, a ...
1412: Wladislaus II of Poland visits the grave of St. Ladislaus barefoot. 1437: Sigismund dies and was buried in Oradea Cathedral. 1445: John Vitéz of Zredna becomes bishop. 1474: The city is devastated by the Turks. 1514: A peasant uprising, led by György Dózsa, ransacked and burned the city. 1526: Bishop of Oradea Francis Perenyi is killed ...
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Iosif Vulcan (March 31, 1841 – September 8, 1907) was an ethnic Romanian Austro-Hungarian magazine editor, poet, playwright, novelist and cultural figure. He founded the literary magazine Familia, which he published for four decades.
Rogerius, Oradea. RogeriusDistrict. Rogerius ( Hungarian: Rogériusz) is a district or quarter ( cartier in Romanian) of Oradea, the largest city of Bihor County, Romania. It was named after Rogerius of Apulia, a bishop from the 13th century. Despite Oradea not being very large, Rogerius is usually regarded as a 'satellite-city' in its own ...
George Glueck (born June 28, 1950) is a music producer and artist manager.. Glueck was born in Oradea, Romania, and grew up in New York City.In 1975, he went to Berlin, working with music publisher Peter Meisel, who in 1964 founded the first German independent label.
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Oradea Prison is a prison located in Oradea, Romania. Situated in the city center, the prison building dates to 1852. It was bought by the city hall in 1865 and donated to the Hungarian state in 1896. Various annexes were added in the 1880s, and repairs undertaken between 1880 and 1920. The building has three thick-walled wings made of brick ...