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Oradea is located about 10 km (6.2 mi) from Borș, a main crossing point on Romania's border with Hungary. Oradea is the ninth most populous Romanian city (as of 2021). [2] [8] It covers 11,556 hectares (28,560 acres) between the Apuseni Mountains and the Crișana-Banat plain.
Both culturally and economically, Oradea's prospects are inevitably tied to the general aspiration of the Romanian society to freedom, democracy and a free market economy, with varied initiatives in all fields of endeavor. Due to its specific character, Oradea is one of the most important economic and cultural centers of Western Romania and of ...
Oradea metropolitan area (Romanian: Zona Metropolitană Oradea or short ZMO) is a metropolitan area located in Western Romania, in the County of Bihor, Crișana, Transylvania, Romania and was founded on 9 May 2005. [2] According to Eurostat, in 2007 Oradea had a larger urban zone of 218,518 residents on an area of 125 km 2 (48 sq mi). [3]
Oradea (-Romanian, Hungarian: Nagyvárad, German: Großwardein) is a city located in the county of Bihor (BH), in Transylvania, Romania The main article for this category is Oradea . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oradea .
Asociația Sportivă Înfrățirea Oradea, commonly known as Înfrățirea Oradea, or simply as Înfrățirea, was a Romanian football club based in Oradea, Bihor County. The club was established in 1948, as the football team of Înfrățirea Factory and during the 1970s and 1980s was a regular presence at the levels of Divizia B and Divizia C .
The St. Nicholas Cathedral [1] (Romanian: Catedrala Sfântul Nicolae) also called Greek-Catholic Cathedral of St. Nicholas It is a Catholic church that serves as the cathedral of the Eparchy of Oradea Mare (Eparchia Magnovaradinensis Romenorum). It is located in the city of Oradea in the European country of Romania. [2]
The following is a timeline of Oradea, a city in western Romania, between the 9th and 16th centuries. 9th-10th centuries: According to Gesta Hungarorum , Menumorut ruled the area - with a citadel centered in Bihar - until the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin .
It was founded in 1762 by the Baron Bishop Adam Patačić, as bishopric palace of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Magnovaradimum. [1] Illustrious Viennese architect Franz Anton Hillebrandt, designer of many Austrian palaces and one of Europe's 18th century best, designed the palace and planned the city's posh side as Baroque quarter, while engineer A.J. Neumann was in charge of the palace's ...