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Timișoara is located at the intersection of the 45th parallel north with the 21st meridian east. As a mathematical position, it is in the northern hemisphere, almost equally distant from the north pole and the equator, and in the eastern hemisphere, using Central European Time.
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 ...
The West University of Timișoara (Romanian: Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara; abbreviated UVT) is a public higher education institution located in Timișoara.Classified by the Ministry of National Education as a university of education and scientific research, [7] UVT is one of the nine members of the Universitaria Consortium (the group of Romanian elite universities). [8]
10.17 km 2 (3.93 sq mi) Fabric ( Hungarian: Gyárváros; German: Fabrikstadt; [4] Serbian: Фабрик, romanized : Fabrik) [5] is one of the oldest historic districts of Timișoara, Romania. It is located in the central-eastern part of Timișoara, in the vicinity of the Cetate district, being a continuation of the historical city centre.
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.
History. 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 ...
The St. George Cathedral ( Romanian: Catedrala Sf. Gheorghe ), colloquially known as the Roman Catholic Dome ( Romanian: Domul Romano-Catolic ), is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara and one of the city's landmarks. The cathedral is dedicated to St. George and was built between 1736 and 1774.