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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 ]
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.
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). [1]
Union Square ( Romanian: Piața Unirii ), also known as Dome Square ( Romanian: Piața Domului ), is the oldest square in Timișoara. [1] It was named in honor of the Romanian troops that entered Timișoara on 3 August 1919 and established the Romanian administration, thus finalizing the union of Banat with Romania. [2]
The Timișoara metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in Timiș County, which includes Timișoara and 14 surrounding communes. It was legally established in 2008 as an inter-community development association and is a member of the Federation of Metropolitan Areas and Urban Agglomerations in Romania (FZMAUR).
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.
Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe and the sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Cluj-Napoca, Iași, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. Europe's second-longest river, the Danube, empties into the Danube Delta in the southwest of the country.
Capitoline Wolf. Fidelity Column. Fountain of Cardinal Points. Fountain with Fish. Monument of the Romanian Soldier. Plague Column. St. Catherine Obelisk. St. Mary and St. John of Nepomuk Monument. Trajan Square Obelisk.