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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 ...
Timișoara Fortress ( Latin: Castrum Temesiensis, Castrum Temesvariensis, Hungarian: Temesvári vár, Turkish: Temeşvar Kalesi, German: Festung Temeswar, Romanian: Cetatea Timișoara) is a historical fortress in western Romania around which the town of Timișoara was built. It is presumed that there was an earlier earthworks fortification ...
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 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 ...
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 Orthodox Cathedral ( Romanian: Catedrala Ortodoxă ), also known as the Metropolitan Cathedral ( Romanian: Catedrala Mitropolitană ), is a Romanian Orthodox church in Timișoara. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishopric of Timișoara and the Metropolis of Banat. It is dedicated to the Three Holy Hierarchs, Basil the Great, Gregory ...
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 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.