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Timișoara in 1656, a map by Nicolas Sanson. Note the crescent moons on towers characteristic of cities during the Ottoman era. The fall of Belgrade in 1521 and the defeat at Mohács in 1526 caused the division of the Hungarian Kingdom in three parts, and Banat became the object of contention between the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary and Ottomans ...
Timișoara in a 1685 engraving by Wagner. Archaeological discoveries prove that the area where Timișoara is located today has been inhabited since ancient times. The first identifiable civilization in this area were the Agathyrsi, who could be the namers of the Mureș river. The Getae, who were relatives to the Dacians conquered the territory ...
6,639.54 t. Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (IATA: TSR, ICAO: LRTR) is an international airport serving Timișoara, Romania. Located in the historical region of Banat, the airport is named in honor of Traian Vuia, a Romanian flight pioneer and a Timiș County native. It is the fourth-busiest Romanian airport in terms of air traffic ...
Geography. The total area on which the Timișoara metropolitan area extends is 1,079.54 km 2 – of which 129.27 km 2 represent the administrative territory of Timișoara, and 950.27 km 2 the area of influence of the city – occupying about 3.4% of the West development region and about 12.5% of Timiș County. [6]
Website. County Council County Prefecture. Timiș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtimiʃ]) is a county (județ) of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area.
6.68 km 2 (2.58 sq mi) Elisabetin ( Hungarian: Erzsébetváros; German: Elisabethstadt) [ 2] is a historic district of Timișoara. It is noted for the vast reserve of 1900s-style architecture and the multitude of parks. [ 3] Also here is the university area of the city with the related buildings (student dormitories, canteens, laboratories ...
Statues, monuments and fountains. 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.
Iosefin ( Hungarian: Józsefváros; German: Josefstadt) [ 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 ...