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The Victory Square (Romanian: Piața Victoriei), known until 1990 as the Opera Square (Romanian: Piața Operei), is the central square of Timișoara.It is the place where Timișoara was proclaimed on 20 December 1989 the first city free of communism in Romania. [3]
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The House with Atlantes (Romanian: Casa cu Atlanți), also known as Macri House (Romanian: Casa Macri), is a historical monument in Timișoara, Romania. It is located on an important commercial street in the historic center of the city. Its name comes from the atlantes depicted on the columns that make up the facade of the building.
The Count Mercy House (Romanian: Casa Contelui de Mercy) is a historical monument [1] in Timișoara, Romania. Also known as Mercy Palace, it was the residence of Florimond de Mercy d'Argenteau, former governor of Banat. Over time, the building was also the residence of the Roman Catholic bishop and a prison, and nowadays it houses offices and ...
Union Square (Romanian: Piața Unirii), also known as Dome Square (Romanian: Piața Domului), is the oldest square in Timișoara, Romania. [1] It was named in honor of the Romanian troops that entered Timișoara on 3 August 1919 and established the Romanian administration, thus finalizing the union of Banat with Romania. [2]
The first time that the House with Lions appears on the plans of Timișoara is in 1758. [3] By 1818 it is known as Palick House, after the name of its owner. [4] After 1840, the building housed in turn the Zur golden Sonne eating house (English: Golden Sun), the Zur Weißen Hund grocery store (English: White Dog) and the Zur Großen Pfeife shop (English: Big Whistle).
The total area on which the Timișoara metropolitan area extends is 1,079.54 km 2 – of which 129.27 km 2 represent the administrative territory of Timișoara, and 950.27 km 2 the area of influence of the city – occupying about 3.4% of the West development region and about 12.5% of Timiș County. [6]
By the mid-19th century, there was another house approximately on the site of the current building. It was built somewhere between 1866 and 1868 [2] and purchased by Wilhelm (Vilmos) Mühle in 1878. [3] A year after his father's death, in 1909, Árpád will obtain a building permit for a house with a garden, a building that can still be seen ...