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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.
Timisoara is the seat of the Archbishopric of Timișoara, the see of the Metropolis of Banat. The archbishopric has jurisdiction over the territory of Timiș County, which is divided into 273 parishes organized in six deaneries (Timișoara I, Timișoara II, Lugoj , Făget , Deta and Sânnicolau Mare ). [ 30 ]
The row of palaces in Victory Square. Administrative Palace; Anchor Palace; Baroque Palace; Dauerbach Palace; Deschan Palace; Dicasterial Palace; Emmer Palace; Gálgon Palace
Map of Romania. This is a list of municipalities in Romania which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent, Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [2] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...
Timișoara North railway station (Romanian: Gara Timișoara Nord) is the main railway station in Timișoara and also the largest railway station in western Romania. [1] With an average daily ridership of about 5,530 passengers, Timișoara North is one of the busiest railway stations in Romania.
Cornești-Iarcuri is the largest known Bronze Age fortress in Europe, [3] located in the immediate vicinity of the modern village of Cornești, between the Romanian cities of Arad and Timișoara. Covering an area of 17.65 km 2, [4] the site encompasses the remains of four enclosing rings of earthen ramparts, wooden palisades and moats. The ...