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The Old Town Hall (Romanian: Primăria Veche; German: Altes Rathaus) is a historical monument in the Liberty Square of Timișoara, Romania. History [ edit ] 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]
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.
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]
Location. Cetate, Timișoara. Coordinates: 45°45′20.35″N 21°13′43.61″E. / 45.7556528°N 21.2287806°E / 45.7556528; 21.2287806. St. George Square ( Romanian: Piața Sf. Gheorghe) is a small urban square in the historic center of Timișoara. The place was known in the past as Seminary Square; there was first a Catholic church ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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