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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.
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]
Piatra Roșie, which means Red Rock, was a Dacian hill fort two days march to the west from Costești-Cetățuie, at Luncani in Boșorod commune. It was built in two phases. In the first phase a long (102 m) rectangular main citadel was built at the height of land [2] with watch towers on each end and two outlying watch towers.
Fortifications of Várad (now Oradea/Nagyvárad, Romania) in a 1617 print. Harbors or some sort of water access were often essential to the construction of medieval fortifications. It was a direct route for trading and fortification.
In May 1660, the Ottomans, led by Ahmed Pasha and Ali Pasha of Temesvár, defeated Rákóczi near Szászfenes, and two weeks later, Rákóczi succumbed to his wounds. Nagyvárad remained unprotected. The fortress held a strategic place as it was an entrance to Transylvania. The Ottomans then marched to capture the fort. [2]
After its completion, the fortress was a part of the inner system of fortifications that protected the outer regions of the empire, for possible conflicts in the area, as with the Oradea and Timișoara fortifications. Starting in 1794, the fortress was used as a military prison, where 1,200 French soldiers were imprisoned.
Star Fort in Komárno, Slovakia Nové Zámky – only to be seen as a hexagonally shaped city centre Komárno – mostly preserved city fortification complex contains Komárno fortress (New and Old) and fortifications of the city as Palatine's line and Vah's line and also three forts in the area of neighbouring city Komárom (Igmand, Csillag ...
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 ...