Visits

The Baroque Palace in Timișoara

The Old Prefecture Palace, also called the "Baroque Palace", is one of the most valuable historical monuments of Timișoara. The characteristics of the construction favored its choice for the function of an art museum, the spaces offered by the building can be adapted with minimal changes to the exhibition requirements of contemporary museography.

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Published on: 6 March 2024  -  Filed under: Uncategorised

The Theresia Bastion from Timișoara

The Theresia bastion is the only bastion that still exists from the citadel of Timisoara from the period when Banat belonged to the Austrian Empire. Being the only bastion in Timișoara, it is also known by the people of Timișoara as Bastionul Cetății. The bastion was rehabilitated between 2008 and 2010. Before the rehabilitation, it housed commercial spaces, restaurants, bars, a disco with a night club program, a bookstore, two permanent exhibitions of the Banat Museum, that of Information and Communications Technology and "Violin — a lifelong passion", as well as Ethnography Section of the Bănățean Village Museum. After the rehabilitation, for 5 years, the financing conditions stipulated the obligation to use the complex especially for cultural activities, public catering activities being limited to cafes, confectionery and wine bars, the discotheque to be transformed into a training center for youth.

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Published on: 5 March 2024  -  Filed under: Uncategorised

Freedom Square in Timișoara

In 1848, with the outbreak of the Hungarian revolution, the name of the square was changed to Piața Libertății. After the Austrian army recaptured the city, the square was again called Prințul Eugen Square. The square is also colloquially called "Old Town Hall Square". That building was built in the Baroque style between 1731-1734.

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Published on: 5 March 2024  -  Filed under: Uncategorised

Huniade Castle from Timisoara

Huniade Castle is a historical monument and the oldest building in Timișoara, built between 1308-1315 by Carol Robert de Anjou and rebuilt after the earthquake of 1443 by Ioan de Hunedoara. The medieval castle was destroyed during the siege of Timisoara in 1849 and rebuilt in its current form in 1856. Today it houses the Banat Museum.

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Published on: 5 March 2024  -  Filed under: Uncategorised

Traian Square in Timișoara

It was designed by Italian-French military engineers in 1740 in the center of the Old Factory and is a smaller replica of Union Square. It hosted the daily market and weekly fairs. The square is part of the urban site "Fabric" (I), historical monument code LMI TM-II-s-B-06096, being surrounded by buildings built at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.

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Published on: 4 March 2024  -  Filed under: Uncategorised

 

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