Timișoara (UK: , US: , Romanian: [timiˈʃo̯ara] (listen); German: Temeswar, also Temeschwar or Temeschburg; Hungarian: Temesvár; Serbian: Темишвар, romanized: Temišvar; see other names) is the capital city of Timiș County and the main economic, social and cultural center in western Romania. Located on the Bega River, Timișoara is considered the informal capital city of the historical Banat, which is nowadays broadly considered a subregion of Transylvania. From 1848 to 1860 it was the capital of the Serbian Vojvodina and the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar. With 319,279 inhabitants at the 2011 census, Timișoara was then the country's third most populous city, after Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca. It is home to almost half a million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, while the Timișoara–Arad conurbation concentrates more than 70% of the population of Timiș and Arad counties. Timișoara is a multicultural city, being the home of 21 different ethnicities and 18 religions. Interculturality has long been a special characteristic for the western part of the country.
Conquered in 1716 by the Austrians from the Ottoman Turks, Timișoara developed in the following centuries behind the fortifications and in the urban nuclei located around them. During the second half of the 19th century, the fortress began to lose its usefulness, due to many developments in the military technology. Former bastions and military spaces were demolished and replaced with new boulevards and neighborhoods. Timișoara was the first city in the Habsburg monarchy with street lighting (1760) and the first European city to be lit by electric street lamps in 1884. It opened the first public lending library in the Habsburg monarchy and built a municipal hospital 24 years before Vienna. Also, it published the first German newspaper in Southeast Europe (Temeswarer Nachrichten). Timișoara was the starting point of the Romanian Revolution.
Katarina Martinovic | Mar 13, 2017
I had only a view from outside at day light and night in summer time and its very beautiful.
Ramona Duma | Mar 4, 2017
Very beautiful architecture, and there is nice to listen church music
J Coffa | Mar 6, 2017
Nice Roman catholic, was not allowed to go inside Just take a peep.
Timotei Mocan | Apr 30, 2016
Great tourist attraction. On of many pillars that keep Timisoara as an amazingly beautiful city.
Cazacu Razvan | Jun 23, 2016
Extremely beautiful . The organ music is very much appreciated at this Dome it's worth listening to it.
Patrick Kiszel | Feb 2, 2014
Very beautiful! Every time i pass, i think about the dynamic history of this place... It totally worth to visit! (Especially when you have a guide to tell you the fascinating stories of this place).
Horea Crisan | Jul 17, 2018
Immersive catholic church with a beautiful and calming atmosphere.
Maria Jesebel | Jul 6, 2018
I really love to heard the song that come from the church
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