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Union Square (Romanian: Piața Unirii), also known as Dome Square (Romanian: Piața Domului), is the oldest square in Timișoara, Romania. [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]
In 1918 it was once again renamed Queen Marie Park, in honor of Marie of Romania. During communism, the park was called the Youth Park, and then the People's Park. [6] In the park is the former Apollo Cinema, which was originally built in 1909 by architect Josef Ecker, Jr. and rebuilt in 1955 by architect Paul Schuster. [2]
In the park there are specimens of planes over 100 years old, the existing trees here being mostly deciduous. [3] Initially many more, they were repeatedly affected by storms, breaking their tops or even the entire crown due to their isolation, in alignments, not being protected by a well-closed massif, the rest of the woody vegetation having much lower heights. [2]
The Victory Square (Romanian: Piața Victoriei), known until 1990 as the Opera Square (Romanian: Piața Operei), is the central square of Timișoara.It is the place where Timișoara was proclaimed on 20 December 1989 the first city free of communism in Romania. [3]
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.
The idea of building a new stadium appeared in 2015, when Nicolae Robu, the former mayor of Timișoara, presented a master plan that provided for the restructuring of the area known as Olimpia by building a 40,000-seat stadium, an Olympic-size swimming pool, a multi-purpose sports hall, a hotel and a velodrome. [5]
As of 2024, there are 11 World Heritage Sites in Romania, [3] nine of which are cultural sites and two of which are natural. The first site in Romania, the Danube Delta, was added to the list at the 15th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Carthage in 1990. Further sites were added in 1993 and 1999 and some of the sites were ...