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As of January 2012, works were being performed only on the Suplacu de Barcău – Oradea West segment, [52] with 17 km planned to be opened on 15 November 2012 and other 18 km on 30 August 2013. [53] However, not much progress was visible on this segment by August 2012, [ 54 ] and the bridge across the Someșul Mic river, part of the Câmpia ...
Manoir de la Possonnière, Ronsard's home. Pierre de Ronsard was born at the Manoir de la Possonnière, in the village of Couture-sur-Loir, Vendômois (in present-day Loir-et-Cher). Baudouin de Ronsard or Rossart was the founder of the French branch of the house, and made his mark in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War. The poet's father ...
Oradea Airport (IATA: OMR, ICAO: LROD) is an international airport located 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest [1] of Oradea in northwestern Romania, Bihor County, near one of ...
In 2008 and 2009 10 new Siemens ULF trams were introduced to the Oradea tram system. The first Siemens tram was put in service in April 2008. In 2018, Oradea took delivery of 10 Tatra KT4D trams from the Berlin transport operator BVG. The 10th European Tramdriver Championship was held in the city on the 3rd June 2023. [2] Grafic circulaţie ...
Oradea ranks ninth most populated among Romanian cities (as of the 2021 census). [2] [8] It covers an area of 11,556 hectares (28,560 acres), in an area of contact between the extensions of the Apuseni Mountains and the Crișana-Banat extended plain. Oradea has a high standard of living and ranks among the most livable cities in the country. [9]
The first documented mention of Oradea's name was in 1113 under the Latin name, Varadinum ("vár" means fortress in Hungarian). In the 11th century when St. King Ladislaus I of Hungary founded a bishopric settlement near the city of Oradea, the present Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea. [6] The city flourished during the 13th century in particular.
The University of Oradea (UO or U of O) (Romanian: Universitatea din Oradea) is an accredited public university located in Oradea in north-western Romania.. With 15 faculties, the university has a total of 123 fields of study for undergraduates and 151 post-graduate specialisation degrees.
Le Roman de la Rose (The Romance of the Rose) is a medieval poem written in Old French and presented as an allegorical dream vision. As poetry, The Romance of the Rose is a notable instance of courtly literature , purporting to provide a "mirror of love" in which the whole art of romantic love is disclosed.