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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 ...
1883 – June 5: The Orient Express Train is launched, passing through Banat: Szeged – Kikinda – Jimbolia –Timișoara– Caransebeş – Orşova. 1886 – Set up of the "Ambulance" service of Timișoara. This is the first ambulance station in Hungary and today Romania. 1891 – The first permanent museum is opened in Timișoara.
Liberty Square ( Romanian: Piața Libertății ), formerly known as Parade Square ( Romanian: Piața de Paradă) or Prince Eugene Square ( Romanian: Piața Prințul Eugen ), is an urban square in Timișoara. It is the second-oldest square of the former fortress of Timișoara. It got its current name during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 ...
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]
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 ...
Union Square is the most important reserve of Baroque architecture in the city. It houses some of the most valuable monuments of Timișoara: the two cathedrals, one Roman Catholic and one Serbian Orthodox, the Baroque Palace, the Plague Column, etc. History Union Square in 1860 Romanian troops entering Union Square on 3 August 1919
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 ...
Iosefin ( Hungarian: Józsefváros; German: Josephstadt) [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 ...