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Timisoara is also called "Little Vienna", because it belonged for a very long time to the Habsburg Empire and the entire city center consists of buildings built in the Kaiser era, which reminds one much of the old Vienna.
The old city consists of historic city quarters with several historic squares and proms. These are:
Cetate (Belváros in Hungarian, Innere-Stadt in German)
Iosefin (Józsefváros, Josephstadt)
Elisabetin (Erzsébetváros, Elisabethstadt)
Fabric (Gyárváros, Fabrikstadt)
If You have some time to spend in Timisoara don't forget to visit the main tourist attractions. These are:
Squares: ("Piaţa"=Square)
"Piaţa Unirii"
"Piaţa Victoriei"
"Piaţa Libertăţii"
"Piaţa Maria"
"Piaţa Traian"
Churches and Cathedrals:
"Catedrala Mitropolitană"
"Domul romano-catolic"
"Biserica episcopală sârbă"
"Sinagoga din Cetate "
"Sinagoga din Fabric"
Monuments And Buildings:
"Castelul Huniade"
"Palatul Dicasterial "
"Palatul Baroc"
"Teatrul Naţional din Timişoara"
"Baia Publică Neptun"
"Palatul Lloyd"
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Biserica Piaristilor (The Piarist Church)
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It was built between the years 1908-1909 in neo-Hungarian style blended with Byzantine elements, by the architect Laszlo Szekely. It was the church of the Piarist Gymnasium, a complex raised by the Pi... more
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Timisoara Orthodox Cathedral
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The Timişoara Orthodox Cathedral was built between 1937 and 1940. It was designed by a renowned architect - Traianescu in keeping with the traditional Romanian architecture of the Moldavian sty... more
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